THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
"A PURELY PARtf/SAN ASSEMBLY." SPEECH BY MR LLOYD-GEOR®Ev Received December 23, 8 a.m. LONDON, December 22. The Right Hon. D. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Liverpool, denounced the House of Lords aa a purely partisan assembly. The Liberals would deal firmly and boldly with the question of reforming that House. It was impossible to tolerate the present humiliating conditions of legislation on Lord Lansduwne's sufferance.
The next Budget, said the speaker, would raise new taxes without interfering with any productive industry.
He denounced tariff reform.as implying steadily-increasing protection, judging by the experience of other countries.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3078, 24 December 1908, Page 5
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