REFORM OF THE LORDS.
LORD LAN.SDOV.'NE EXPLAINS. CBt Electric Telegraph—Copyright/ (Per I'p.ess Association.) Received May M>. ..i I'-.iO Lord Lansdowne. in to L«>r>i Morley's s pN«-L .• .•.!'! hj" i.ever considered the I3ii! itscll" a :><>luui,m: it was intended as a supplement to. and not a substitute for. a Bill dealing with the relations between the Houses. Given the sort of majority tho Radicals had held in the House of Commons, a Radical majority in the House of Lords was not only possible under liis scheme but such would ensue. Received May IG, at 10 a.m. ~ London, May 15.' In the liou.se of Commons Mr F. E. Smith moved the rejection/of the Veto Bill.
In the Hou.se of Lords, Lord Lansdowne in moving the second reading of the Lords Reform Hiil, said the Lords had nevor claimed iho absolute right of veto.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10767, 16 May 1911, Page 4
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140REFORM OF THE LORDS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10767, 16 May 1911, Page 4
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