BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
EXTENSION OP LIFE. (British Official Wireless.) (Ree. 11.40 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct 23. Sir John Anderson (Home Secretary), speaking in the House of Commons on the Bill to prolong for a further year the. present Parliament, whicn automatically ends under the Parliament Act in November, made the following statement with the authority or the Prime Minister and the \\ar Oar>'""An" appeal to the electorate .must always remain the final constitutional method to resolve all grave issues or national policy. No one can r° res what circumstances will arise, but in normal conditions it would be the «3.sire of the Government, when a general election again became Practicable to give sufficient notice for the creation of a now register. This interval afford an opportunity for the -House to consider, if so desired questions connected with changes in the Britisn electoral system." ■ :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 279, 24 October 1940, Page 7
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