M.P.'S AND PLEDGES
VOTES IN THE HOUSE. Answering a question put to him by counsel during the hearing of the case concerning the late Sir George Hunter’s will in the Supreme Court last week, Mr. R. A. Wright, M.P., one of the witnesses called, said it was necessai-y for a member of Parliament to vote when he was in the House at a time when a division is called for. Counsel: Even if they do not know what they are voting on? Witness: Most members of Parliament do know what they are voting on. Counsel: Even if they have been asleep? Witness: Then they wake them up. “Ah, now we are hearing some interesting inner history,” remarked counsel. “Does it not matter about discussion?” he asked.
The witness replied that the position was that the public expected pledges from members before they were elected and expected members to stand by these pledges.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 3238, 4 December 1930, Page 2
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