THE VETO RESOLUTIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9633, 23 March 1910, Page 5

THE VETO RESOLUTIONS.

EXPLANATION BY TCiE

PREMIER

CURTAILING THE LORDS'

POWERS

Press Association — Kl_hie 'I'd. v;raph — Copyright. Rocoived Tuesday, at 10.13 p.m. LONDON, Tuesday. Iv the House of Commons, Mr Asquith detailed tho veto resolutions. First, it was expedient that tho Lords should bo disabled by law from rejecting or amending money .Bills. Those he dotiuod as Bills which the Speaker considers contain only provisions for dealing with tho imposition, repeal, remission, alteration aud regulation of taxation; aiso, charges on the Consolidated Fund or provision money by Parliament; also supply and appropriation, control <>r rejection of public mouoy; also raising aud guaranteeing the re-payment of loaus or matters incidental to Mies, subject..

Tho second resolution is that it is oxpediont that the Lords' powers, respecting Bills other than money Bills, be legally restricted so that when the Bill has passed tho Commons for three successive sessions, aud been .sent to tho Lords at least a mouth before the end of the session and rejected iv each of tho three sessions, -it shall become law without tiie Lords' consent, upon the Royal assent, provided that at least two years shall elapse botweeu tho first introduction to the Commons aud the dato when the Bill trasses the Commons a third time. Bills shall be treated as rejected ii: uot passed by the Lords without amendment, or v.-ith only amendments agreed to by both Houses.

The third resolution limits t he duration of Parliament to five years.