M.P.’S AND PLEDGES
WHEN MEMBERS GO TO SLEEP. Answering a question put to him by counsel in the course of the hearing of the case concerning the late Sir George Kuntc.’s will in. the Supreme Court in, Wellington, Air. R. A. Wright, ALP., one of the witnesses, said it was necessary for a member of Parliament to vote wiici: he was in ' the House at a time when a division is called for. Counsel:: Even .if they do not know what they are voting on? Witness: Alost members of Parliament do know what they are voting on. Counsel: Even if they have been asleep ? Witness: Then they wake them up. Counsel: Ah, now we are hearing scii.-e interesting inner history. Does it not matter about discussion? The witness replied that the position was that the public expected pledges from members before they were elected and expected members to stand by these pledges.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1930, Page 3
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