SEATS FOR DOMINIONS?
IN THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(Received 2nd August, 2.4 p.m.)
LONDON, Ist August. Baron Strathspey, in the House of Lords, asked whether, in response to the continued demands of the Dominions for, a share in the shaping of the destinies of the Empire, the Imperial Conference would consider a definite offer to the Dominions or seats in the Imperial Parliament.
Lord Devonshire, replying, said that oversea statesmen disapproved and disavowed the idea of a, Federal Parliament, their main objection being that it would infringe the autonomous rights of the Dominions. H o saw no prospect of progress being made on • the lines indicated by. Baron Strathspey. The Speaker of the House of Commons announced in the House the Government's intention, at the beginning ■of-tho autumn sitting, to arrange for the proposed Dominions' Gallery in the House.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 28, 2 August 1923, Page 8
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138SEATS FOR DOMINIONS? Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 28, 2 August 1923, Page 8
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