REFORMING THE LORDS.
THE VETO BILL,
A MAJORITY OF COMMONERS,
(Received February. 18, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, Feb. 17.
Mr Asquith, in moving to approfria'te private members' time, said that the special circumstances of the Coronation must entail a suspension of parliamentary activity.
He emphasised the necessity of passing the Parliament bill, for which he had obtained an adequate and enthusiastic majority (Cheers). The Bill would go to the Lords in May, giving them full opportunity of discussion before the Coronation.
Mr Austen Chamberlain charged the Government with disregarding the loyal feelings of the nation and the comfort of the Crown in deliberately aiming at a crisis just before tlie Coronation. After a long debate Mr Asquith's notion was carried by 196 votes to US.
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Northern Advocate, 18 February 1911, Page 5
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