BRITISH FRANCHISE REFORM.
HOUSES LIKELY TO DISAGREE
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
QUESTIS&,
(Austra&an and N.Z. Cable Association)
London, Jan. 23. It is extremely improbable that the House of Commons will agree to the vital changes made by the House of Lords in tre Representation of the People Bill. . : The House of Commons three times defeated proportional representation. If Lord Selborne's proposal is included in the Bill % will-be impossible to pass it into law this session. The Government will probably invite the House of Commons to disagree with the amendment. The House of Lords carried by 132 to 42 an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, providing for proportional representation on the basis of eaclri elector having one transferable vote in constituencies returning three to five members.
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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14619, 25 January 1918, Page 5
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126BRITISH FRANCHISE REFORM. Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14619, 25 January 1918, Page 5
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