HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAND.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 115, 13 May 1912, Page 3

HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAND.

DR. CHAPPLE'S' BILL. The text of Dr. Chappie's Bill .Arr the better government of Scotlansl has now been issued' (states the Ma:i.Chester Guardian of March 2?;. backed'by sin imposing list of'names | 'including Mr Mxinro-F&rguson, Mr Glaidstone,, Mr Gathcart Wason, aud1 Sir Henry D&lziel. The ..following. memom.nd.um explains the extent t£ [ its provisions'":— . ;. , The qbject of the Bill is to provirlo I' for the establishment in Scotland c/ -a legislative bo<ly to be called the Scots Parliament, and; for the devolution to that body of the power to make.laws on matters exclusively relating to Scotland. By this means it will be made possible for matters ef local importance in Scotland to he .duly considered «nd determined in locjul Parlaanierit, and,, in addition, the Imperial : Parliament will, to it- ■ large extent, be relieved from tUf* present pressure of business. By the scheme of the Bill tho subjects delegated' to the Scots Parliament .-'i?« spGuifioally enumerated and the Scot** Parliament hsive no power to maJ^rtlaws on cny other subjects. l't<* executive power will continue invested in the Crown, and the administration will be carried on by a com mittee of the Scots Privy Council, responsible to"the Scots Parliament. Power is given to tho Scots Parliament to impose taxes, -other than, duties of Customs ssnd Excise, .v;et arrangements are' msde for the a«ijuf;tment of the nnanci:jJ relations between the Scots P«rliji.ment and the Imperial Parljsiment. The supretuopower »ihd ct-ntVol of the Imperial .-Parliament t:re expresdy.-•reeervj|ct.'-All •■the- Scottish./ Members^' ,vdw»: /voted the/othei' day for Dr; Chappfo's . Scottish Home Rxile resolution will vote for the Bill, .in most cases, \Ko\vever:'■ (the Gurtrdiaii ad^ed)^ with>ut. enthusiastnV Aty present tte for Scottish Home E-ule, from SyhoTneveri* may come, does not cbme^rom the bcottish electorii-te. The Bill o! course, 1m no chance whatever «;.f reaching its Committee stage. ThoIrish;- attatiide to it is simply that <t waiting for a clearly-expresßed Soottish -iiemand. If .such were made, the i -Nationalists would ■he sympathetio-