TWICE REJECTED BY LORDS
THE PLURAL VOTING BILL.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, July 15. The House of Lords .rejected the Plural Voting Bill on its second reading to-day by 119 votes to 49.
The Bill has now been twice rejected by the House of Lords, and will Have to be rejected a third time next session before it can be signed by the King under the terms of the Parliament Act.
The Plural Voting Bill was rejected by the House of Lords on July 24, 1913, the vote on tlio second reading being:— For, 42; against, 166. When a measure other than a Money Bill has been passed by the House of Commons in three successive sessions, whether of the same Parliament or not, and when sent up to tho Lords at least ono month before the end of the session and rejected by the Lords in each of these sessions, such a measure may become law on the signification of the King's assent only. . But two years must elapso between the second reading in the first of those three sessions of the Bill in the House of Commons, and the date of tho passing in the Commons in the* third session. Such Bills must be endorsed by the Speaker of the House of Commons as having complied with these provisions of the Parliament Act.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15663, 17 July 1914, Page 7
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