RETAINED
IRISH HEMBEftft AT WESTMINSTER
EXCLUSION- .AMENDMENT- DE-
FEATED
(Press Association..— rGop.xKi<3m-B (Received Nov. 8, 8 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. -7.
Clause 13, dealing with the retentionof Irish members at Westmisttstev, Mr. F, <J!i«scll moved to exclude alt Irjah, members troir. the Imperial Parliament until there was no deficit ini the Ivisto expenditure for three successive -year*. Mr. Asqukh defended the retention »s a necessary part of general devolution, whereof Irish Home Rule was t<he --Sust step. • Mr. Redmond said that pending the completion of the federal '-system the anomaly of Irishmen at Westminster .must be endured. Mr. Balfour derided-the idea of gene-a-al 1 devolution; otherwise the Government would not have handed over the Customs to Ireland. The amendment was .rejected 'by 315 lo 213. *
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 8 November 1912, Page 5
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