THE SECOND CHAMBER QUESTION.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13055, 15 March 1911, Page 3

THE SECOND CHAMBER QUESTION.

A SUGGESTED EXPEDIENT.

[Press Association— Copyright.} London, March 13. Dr Frederic Harrison, ex-President of the English Positivist Committee, in a letter to "The Times," suggests that until a permanent Upper House is evolved a temporary expedient might be found in the formation of a Parliamentary Committee of 75 members selected1 from- the Privy Council, excluding Royal or clerical councillors and members of the House of Commons, to arbitrate in conflicts between the Commons and the Lords. He argues that every Privy Councillor who does not belong to either House is emphatically independent and moderate. He adds that the Committee suggested! would resemble the Supreme Court of the* United States, which acts judicially, protecting the constitution.