REFORM OF THE LORDS
LADY ASTOR ON THE PEERAGE. LONDON, October 25 When the National Unionist Conference opened at Plymouth to-day there was an evident desire to avoid acrimonious contentious subjects. _ Mr Peto’s motion in favour of the abolition of the title of Unionist was withdrawn. A discussion on the position of the Dish loyalists was postponed. Liveliness marked the debate on the reform of the House of Lords. Lord Melbourne strongly demanded the repeal of the Parliament Act. Lady Astor spoke so candidly that she encountered interruption. She declared they would never get reform of the Lords as long as the peers claimed an hereditary right to legislate.—-(Cheers and protests.) There was very strong opposition in the constituencies against the hereditary legislative right. A motion asking the Government immediately to proceed with the reform of the Lords was carried.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19015, 10 November 1923, Page 10
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