HOME RULE ALL BOUND.
DESIGNING A SCHEME,
HOPE TO CONVERT IRELAND. A. and N.Z. ■ LONDON, Aug. 7.
A prominent member of the House of Commons who holds office, interviewed regarding the committee set up under the presidency of the Speaker of the House of Commons to consider the question of devolution all round, said that an Imperial Federation was not involved, though comparisons of the Constitutions of Australia, Canada, and South Africa would be most useful. Such comparisons would v also accustom British electors to the Federal idea.
The committee would formulate a scheme of devolution to relieve the British Parliament of the pressure of the local affairs of Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Co-ordinately it would probably increase the functions which were already locally controlled, such as education and the judicatures. He hoped the scheme, when. prepared, would clear the Irish atmosphere and induce Ireland to come into line.
The. same "official regards the prospects of a conference of the selfgoverning Dominions with a view to closer touch in Imperial affairs as unlikely before the middle of next year, owing to the necessity for Ministers returning to their ■ own countries and attending to local affairs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17234, 9 August 1919, Page 9
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