LAND TENURE BILL
DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. THE MEASURE ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. MB, BALFOUR ANNOYED. LONDON, November 7. . In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr Balfour moved the adjournment of the Houso as a protest against tho Government transforming tho Land Tenure Bill from an unofficial member’s bill into a Government measure. It was, he said, unfair that a controversial private bill, which the House on Friday afternoon read a second time after an academic discussion, should, without warning, bo converted into a Ministerial measure. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Premier, justified the procedure followed, and moved the closure, negativing the adjournment by a majority of 226 votes. Mr Wyndham, Ex-Secretary for Ireland, declared that the bill was of enormous importance. It was the first step towards legislating for Britain on tho lines of the Irish legislation, or it might be the first step towards land nationalisation. “The Times” declares that some of the provisions of the bill are very questionable, and are apparently inspired throughout by an ingenious assumption that a tenant is always deserving, while a landlord is generally the reverse.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 6052, 9 November 1906, Page 7
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