HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM
THE ATTITUDE OF LABOUR HEREDITARY RIGHT DENIED SUPBORT OF THE LIBERALS By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Received June 22, 7 p.m. London, June 22. The Times’ political representative says that Labour’s attitude towards the reform of the House of Lords is frankly hostile to any scheme preserving even to a limited extent the hereditary principle in the Upper House. They argue that the hereditary peers selected by their fellows will be naturally those attending most regularly; therefore the present system will be maintained under a different guise. The Labour Party also strongly object to the suggestion that no future reform or abolition shall be carried out except by the consent of the Upper House itself. The Liberals also hold this view and they will resist any proposal to drastically alter the Parliament Act. They also strongly oppose the suggestion that the task ot certifying the Money Bill shall be transferred from the Speaker to a joint committee of the two Houses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 June 1927, Page 9
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