HOUSE OF LORDS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 33, 9 February 1928, Page 9

HOUSE OF LORDS

QUESTION OF REFORM PLEDGE WILL BE KEPT LONDON, 7th February. The House of Lords ended the de« bate on the Address-in-Rep]y at a single! sitting. The Address was moved by; the Duke of Montrose and seconded by; Lord Cranworth. The latter described, the extension of votes to young women as wise and statesmanlike. Viscount Haldane attributed the cryptic nature of the King's Speech to th» approach of the General Election. He,i Viscount Fitzalan, and Viscount Younger all condemned the omission of reference to the reform of tho House of Lords. Earl Beauchamp demanded that tha Franchise Bill should include electoral reform to prevent a repetition of minority governments like the present. He was disappointed that the Government has taken up the position of being a drag upon tho activities of the League of Nations. The Marquess of Salisbury, replying, said that tho Government favoured arbitration to the utmost length to which it could carry the Dominions' and the British Government's support. The Government would keep its pledge and deal with reform of the House of Lords in the present Parliament.