BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

Evening Star, Issue 14624, 21 July 1911, Page 8

BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

THE NATIONAL INSURANCE BILL. MEMBERS DEMAND TOO MUCH. THE CHANCELLOR'S THREAT. Press .Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 20. Inthe House of Commons, in coimnittoo on the National Insurance Bill, Mr Lloyd George was greatly harassed by critics on the Liberal and Labor benches asking for mora concessions. Mr Lees Smith's amendment, aroused, excited interest. Its aim was- to relievo a contributor from falling into arrears through unemployment and from liability to make good arrears of tho contributions which an employee would have paid had he been working. Mr Locs Smith predicted that if contributors wore com polled to pay arrears before receiving tho benefits odium might be cast on the Bill and the scheme be wrecked. Ho contended that a State grant of £150,000 ought to bo made. Mr George said that tho Stato was unable to bear this burden. The propositi was impracticable, and would encourage the thriftless. M/Shenveli declared that the Chancellor of the Exchequer deprived tho most helpless of their due. Unless tho amendment were accepted the jkwh- and destitute would ho sadly disappointed. Sir 0. Cripps, tho Hon. W. Peel, and Mr Tvowntrec pressed the Chancellor to make the concession. Mr Ueorge then jiroposcd a. compromise —namely, that the friendly Kicietics should l.»o given the right to pay the contributions which on ordinary bases would be paid by the employers. Mr Ramsay Macdonald slrenuoudy opposed this, declaring that the State ought to come to the aesistniicc of tho unemployed contributors. Mr George refused to yield, and warned tho Liberals that if the amendment were carried it might mean not merely to deft'at the Government, bin to dc.Yvt the Bill. Tho amendment -was negatived 316 to

Subsequent lv Mr George's cnmrirnmiiic was carried liy 210 to 77. labor demands rejected. LONDON, July 20. (Received July 21, ;i(, 9.22 a.m.; There was an all-night sitting over clause 11. the Labor party demanding that workmen get .sick pay in addition lo accident compensation. Mr Geoiye, a fur an impassioned speech, secured its jej. elion by 99 io 23. TUK VETO CRISIS. LONDON. Juiy 20. (twin,' tu the Veto crisis, and perhaps lo the sudden del irate situation bet wet :i i'Vanco and lb gmany regarding Morocco, Mr Asqiiitii's mlcudid visit io Edinburgh on Monday ha.s been postponed. The Cabinet will to-monow consider the, position of the Veto Dill. A "NO SURRENDER" DUKE. LONDON, July 20. (Received duly 21. a! 8.5 am.) In ,-i. speech at, Wobiin:. tho Duke "I Viecliorct said that if the Pa.riiamen: Rill were returned to the Lords in h<- original form the Independent. Unioni.il Peers would not Riirrendei' their trust. 11 they stirreudercd the Unionists i;i the country would -say the House of Lords was use.!era. LORD MORLEY MOVES THE THIRD READING. LONDON, July 20. (Received July 21, at 9.27 a.m.) Tho House ox Lord;; v,a,s eiowded with many distinguished visitors, including tho visiting India potentates, when Lord MoiLy ruse to move the third rending of tho Veto Hill. He - u u.ld that though so changed as no longer to bo tho Government Lill.it? rejection would mean a tremendous dislocation of parliauicntaiy business and a great exasperation of political opinion. The Government had a right to expect the Lords to follow the precedent of the Budget and to pa.ss the Bill which had boon approved at the General Election. A I>UEK FLOUR HILL. LONDON. July 20. (Rc-'ived July 21, at 8.5 a.m.) Sir John I'.. Lonsdale !l\) .is introducing a I'uro Flour Lil! INTERNATIONAL TREATIES. LONDON. July £O. 'Received Juiy 21, at 8.5 a.m.) Sir Gilbert Parker asked the names of those countries with which it was proposed to negotiate in .pursuance of the unanimous i-esoluUon of the Imperial Conference to facilitate tho withdrawal of auy of the Ovomca Dominions from tho operation of existing Meatus! if so desired. .Mr M'Kiiinon Wood re-plied that the countries were at- follow :---Argentina., Austria-Humraiy. Costa Rica-, France. Italy, Morocco, Xerbc-rlands, Norway. Persia, .Pern, Russia, Sweden. l>witzoriaud. and Veenzueia. A COSTLY AND SCANDALOUS LAW. LONDON, July 20. (Received Juiy 21, at 9.22 a.m.) Dining a debate in the House of Lords on land transfer, Un'd Loieburn eaid that apart from stamps a.nd Government charges a stun of £I,COO.COO wius spent annually in solicitor:;' f><-s for proving tit It ..i. He prouised to introduce, a. Dili dealing with land registry on similar lines to that of Australia and New Zealand. Lord Salisbury agreed that the prer-ent state of the law was a scandal.