“WHAT A BORE
LORDS AND LEGISLATION DON’T TATCF. JOB SERIOUSLY LONDON, March 8. In the House of Lords to-day Lord Burnham asked the Government to establish standing committees to which all public bills should be referred. The scanty attention at present given to bills constituted a public scandal, lowering the reputation of parliamentary government. Lord Carson said there was more experience, knowledge and ability in the House than was possible in any elected but it had practically ceased to function for the promotion or revision of legislation. There were 700 peers, but only fifty or sixty did the House’s work for the sole reason that nobody took it seriously. If a peer tabled a motion the, usual comment was “What a bore!” The House should make most of its members take their job seriously. Lord (Salisbury, the leader of the Government in the House, said there was small chance of the Government accepting Lord Burnham’s proposal, but it was willing to consider the remedy for the last-minute rush of bills from the Commons. Lord Darling said they must refuse to pass bills received too late for revision. Lord Burnham did not press his motion.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19787, 10 March 1927, Page 8
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