THE HOUSE OF LORDS. &i—«-

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 1353, 17 June 1907, Page 5

THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

MOTION BY PRIME MfNfSTER. I RIDICULED BY UNIONIST PRESS. LORD NEWTON'S BILL. United Press — By ElectriG Telegtttphi— -Copyright. .« /LONDON, Juno 15. Sir H. Ca{Hpbell-Baimermar. has -given notice of the- following resolution for discussion,'^ the 24th: — "In order to;jgive effect to the will of the people, as expressed by the elected representative*, fif necessary the power o." the other Houso to .-liter ::r reject Hills be so resicfctcd by law as to secure tiiat within th^ limits of a single Parliament the /i'nal decision of lha Commons will prevail." Unionist newspapej s ridicule the Govot nment's attack on the Lords. Commenting on Sir H. CampbellBannerman's resolution re the House of Lords, the Times considers it carries ro practical consequence, but foreshadows a policy ii the virtual abolition of tl-.o Lords. The Morning. Post says the concentration of thaLiberals' onergies on the House of Lords question implies the j.ostponement' isf their premises of iot ial reform. The Daily N,cws says the resolution will mark a rfcvplution. It embodies a yeat policy wherein all *he forces or inform and democratic progress will bo united, namely* abolition of the Lords' Vfto. - The Chronicle, says Sir Henry Camp-itsll-BannerP'.aJi Avas perfectly right noc to formulate & plaii regarding the Lord-j. The proper time for launching a definite scheme is when there is a dissolution. " A A Select Comjnittee appointed" by tha Peers to consider Lord Newton's Bill for the reforming of the Lords includes tho Duke of Devonshire and Lordd I.nndsdowno, , Rosebery, St. Aldwyn. Burton, Selby, Ribblcsdale, and Courtuey. (Lord Newton?s Bill provides for with-1-olding the weii summoning a peer to tho House, uiiless he has held certain -high political,^ Civil, naval, or military office, or been.^lected to the House of Commons, twice before succeeding *,o the peerage, c$ unless elected a representative peer v All th^g hereditary peers without a seaif would elect one-fourth of their number as representative peer? for one parliament. The Bill also confers power on tsle Crown to appoint lifo I'ccrs to iepres,ent the interests of the classes hitherto/unrepresented.)