HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM.
NEW GOVERNMENT'S POLICY.
NO IMMEDIATE PROPOSALS.
Australian and N.Z. Cab'e Association. (Eccd. 8.19 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 5.
In the House of Lords, the Duke of Marlborough raised the question of reform of the House of Lords.
Viscount Haldane said that he doubted if the Government would be justified in bringing forward any substantial measure of reform without submitting the matter to the country.
The Lord Chancellor, Viscount Cave, on behalf of the Government, said that there was no question of repealing the Parliament Act, but the powers and numbers of the House of Lords must be considered and dealt with as soon as possible. The Government had no present intention of making proposals to the House.
The Earl of Birkenhead said that the matter was one of extreme urgency, as the day was very likely approaching when a Labour Government would be in power.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18267, 7 December 1922, Page 9
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