HOUSE OF LORDS
A REFORM PROPOSAL LIFE PEERAGES SUGGESTED Press Association —By Telegraph Copyright LONDON, March 7. In the House of Lords a discussion on reform of the Upper House arose when Lord Hockley, formerly Mr Evelyn Cecil, a member of the House of Commons, moving for a petition to His Majesty to waive his prerogative in order to allow Parliament in the present session to discuss the limited creation of life peerages, intimated that, if the petition was granted, he would introduce a Bill. This was not a party vote. He was acting on his own responsibility. The constitution of the House could not remain adamant indefinitely against variation or amendment. Though so far an agreed scheme had not been reached, _ he thought common ground was achieveable for modest alteration. Viscount Hailsham said that the Government, without committing itself regarding the Bill, would not oppose it, and would advise His Majesty to assent to the petition. The Marquess of Salisbury said the Government must reach some policy on House of Lords reform before the election, or afterwards it would be claimed that there was no mandate on the subject. Lord Rockley’s motion was carried without a division.
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Evening Star, Issue 21974, 9 March 1935, Page 13
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