LORDS' VETO

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7851, 13 July 1911, Page 7

LORDS' VETO

PERPLEXEU UNIONISTS A KNOTTY POINT UNDER DISCUSSION LIST OF PEERS READY By Telegraph— Preaa Association-Copyright. (Received July 12, 10.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 12. The Unionist leaders are holding meetings and considering (1) Whether they will force the Government to carry the Parliament Bill with the aid of fresh Peers; (2) whether, in the event of being satisfied that the number of new Peers necessary to carry the Bill will ho created, they will offer no further resistance. LIBERAL WHIPS LIST KTYE HUNDRED PROSPECTIVE PEERS. The master of Elibank, chief Liberal Whip, has completed a list of 500 prospective Peers, including a number of members of the House of Commons, necessitating by-elections, tho preparations for which in their constituencies lod many Unionists to believe that a general election was imminent. THE NEXT MOVE THIRD READING IN LORDS PROBABLY ON TUESDAY. It is expected that the Parliament Bill, as amended, will be read a third time in tho House of Lords on Tuesday evening, and that tho House of Commons will consider tho amended Bill immediately. ACTION BY WELSH LIBERALS SECURE THAT BILL WILL PASS. The Welsh Liberals expecting the adoption of tho Parliament Bill are organising a campaign in favour of the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales, UNIONIST PRESS VIEWS PEERS ADVISED TO . SURRENDER. Tho “Yorkshire Post” (Unionist) and tho “Birmingham Post” (Unionist) deprecate the Poors prolonging the contest till the Crown swamps their resistance. THE “TELEGRAPH’S” ANTICIPATIONS. Tho “Daily Telegraph” expects that the Government will not consent to remove tho question of Home Rule outside the scope of the Parliament Bill or recognise the necessity for a referendum, but will accept tho exclusion of Bills affecting the existence of the Crown, and tho Protestant succession from the Bill will reject Lord Cromer’s joint committee for deciding what are Money Bills, but will agree to a purely House of Commons Committee under the Speaker, and will accept Lord Newton’s amendment as a new clause. The object of Lord Newton’s amendment, which was withdrawn with the view of its being: Introduced as a separate clause, is to exempt from the operation of the Parliament Bill, till after tho general election, any BUI further limiting the legislative powers of tho House of Lords,