THE PARLIAMENT BILL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 127, 21 July 1911, Page 6

THE PARLIAMENT BILL.

(Received 21, 1.55 p.m.) London, July 20

In the House of Lords, Lord Lanslowno denied that the country had .iveu a conclusive verdict on the details of the present Bill. He emphasised that other questions were presented to the electors. The Lords were constitutionally right in revising the Bill and removing defects. The Cords had conceded to the Commons the right to deal with finance, but aiggeslc'd what should be a money Bill. In Mr Asquith’s own language the Lords had gone five-sixths of the way to meet the Government. The Lords’ amendments were so essentially important that they would not recede therefrom as long as they remained free agents. The Government had, he concluded, all the mateials for an honourable settlement. Earl Halsbury refrained from dividing the House,on the understanding that, the Unionist peers would insist an the retention of the amendments. The Bill was then read a third time. The Press Association states that as a result of inquiries in political quarters, the Government has obtained the necessary permission for the appointment of as many peers as are required.