EXCITEMENT OVER ELECTORAL BILL.
GOVERNMENT REVERSE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(United Press Assn.—By Electrle Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received March 17, 1.50 p.m.) LONDON, March 16. There was strenuous discussion in committee on the Electoral Bill. Lord Hugh Cecil moved the rejection of the clause abolishing the university representation. Mr Clynes said 120,000 university electors sent twelve members to the House of Commons, in addition to voting in their own residential areas. Mr Rhys Davis revealed that fiftyeight Labourites, twenty-nine Liberals and 138 Conservatives in the House of Commons had been to universities. Mr Baldwin said nothing excited his admiration more than Labour’s fight for the extension of educational facilities: The Government ought to do the big thing and leave the universities their privilege. Excitement prevailed when the division showed that the Government had been defeated by 246 votes to 242. Mr Baldwin suggested that the Bill should be dropped. Mr MacDonald replied that he would consider the matter. The discussion was adjourned amid Conservative cries of “ Resign! ”.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 64, 17 March 1931, Page 7
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