BRITISH POLITICS.

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 12017, 19 August 1907, Page 3

BRITISH POLITICS.

' London, August 16. In the ? House of Lords the Marriage with a Deceased's Wife's Sister Bill was read a first time. The Evicted Tenants Bill passed its report stage. Its operation is limited to three years. Lord Crewe announced a concession to the Opposition regarding! appeals. Received August 18, 4.25 p.m. K- '. London, August 17. Pln the House of • Commons the English Small Holdings Bill was read a third time without division. Sir H. O. Bannerman described the Bill as a complex nicety, balanced on'a piece of mechanism which could not be rudely altered without endangering the whole. He was making no threat nor addressing any appeal to the House of Lords, but great indeed would be the responsibility of the Lords if by hasty partisan action they damaged a great instrument devised and approved by the Commons for meeting one of tne most urgent of the nations problems «The House agreed to the Lords amendment to the Butter Bill. Received August 17, 4.25 p.m. r P In the House of Lords the Criminal Apppealand the Evicted Tenants Bills were read a third time. Lord Ore we acknowledged the fair and friendly spirit displayed by the Unionists' side.