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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1920.

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A political correspondentfore the next election, and when writes in the Daily Chronicle: principles and methods Whether the dissolution of the broached, as they soon must be present House of Commons come it may be found that parties an soon or late-and there is no reason why it should come for another three years-one thing is certain, and that is that the reform of the House of Lords will be tackled and settled in the presèni Parliament.

not so widely separated as might he imagined or indeed as they were only a few years ago.

The

Lord

House of Lords. more than half of whom never attend Parliament.

No, the Liberals are not against reforming the House of Lords. They are quite as eager as the LORD BRYCE'S SCHEME FOR Lords themselves and the Con-

CRITICS OF THE SCHEME. ITS REFORM.

servative members of the House Bryce's Committee, and it holds Such is the scheme of Lord of Commons to see a genuine the field. Lord Loreburn (a mem- Second Chamber established beher of the Committee) has abjected to the scheme that it would or might imperil the control of the House of Commons over finance; Second Chamber would be re- and that nearly the whole of the turned by the House of Commons. every seven members of the First LORD BRYCE'S COMMITTER. Chamber having the presentation; Reconstruction of the House of her a dangerous patronage to be Lord Bryce's Committee on the to one seat in the Second Cham- The Parliament Act was never Minister and consisting of 32 ask. Why dangerous?

Lords, appointed by the Prime held by party men. Most will intended to be a permanent me- members, all public men of the asure. as anyone may see from front rank reported in April 1918,party criticise the scheme on the The spokestien of the Labour the famous preamble; but a kind a very critical morent in the ground that it makes the term of of legend has grown up that the war, and their report. consequent-oice of the Second Chamber. Liberals, having got the Act, are lg, has never had the attention longer than that of the First, and content to leave the House of it deserved, and has not even so would make the party balance Lords as it is, and indeed, are been discussed by Parliament. in the two Houses differ. They hostile to any change in its character as a Second Chamber.claimed to have been reached by Chamber of 100 members elected measure of agreement themselves desire 3 Second This legend, however, has never the Committee has since been by the House of Commons, with been put to the test, and it rests questioned by Lord Loreburn, power to refer back legislation on the insubstantial basis of alie Duke of Rutland, Lord Lans-accompanied by a critical report. suspicion that the Liberals atdowne, Lord Dunraven, Lord heart are Single Chamber men. Sydenham.

The subject is one of great im- If the suspicicion ever had any Burleigh, Lord Hugh Cecil, and of all future legislation. and it is Bullour of portance in relation to the course ground it has none now, for the Sir George Younger; but in any hoped that the electors will give enormous increase of business of case admitted measure of agree some attention to it in good time all kinds in the House of Comment was considerable. mons has converted all who were

before a Bill need be presented. Their recommendations in brief It is interesting to note that, as not already believers to the con-were viction that a Second Chamber is Chamber

these that the Second such a Bill would affect the

should have absolutely essential to the exist-Sections. one to consist of 246 tion to the creation of peerages

two prerogative of the Crown to rela-¡ ence of the legislative machine. members elected by panels of and the issue of writs of sum-)

THE PARLIAMENT ACT.

British members of the House of mons to the House of Lords, it Moreover, if there ever were Commons distributed in 13 could only be introduced with any Liberals who imagined that geographical groups, and the Parliament Act in all eir.other to consist of persons. in- King..

thet e previous acquiesence of the S cumstances would secure the cluding peers, chosen by a joint predominance of the House of standing Commons they were very simple Houses, men. Imagine a Conservative would thus not consit mainly; House of Commons (not a difficult of peers, and the peers in it, who WAR DEPARTMENT'S WAR BONUS. thing to do at a time when the at the start would not be more In consequence of the recent majority of the House are Con- then a fourth of the whole, would award of the Civil Service servatives), and imagine the not be elected by their fellow-Arbitration Board the amount of present Peers turning a Bill sent peers.

war bonus granted to War De- up to them inside

out. The period of the It is inconceivable that

tenure partment employees will be in- the of seats wol:ld be twelve years, creased as from November 17 last. Conservative House of Commons one third of the members retiring The tctal bonus for men of 21| would apply the Parliament Act every fourth year. The new years of age and upwards in full- to the Bill Fo treated, and to the Second Chamber would not have time employ will, if the wages do other estate of the realm, and the power to initiate, amend, or reject not exceed 60s. a week, be 248,"a result would be that the Feers, if & Finance Bill. but it would have week plus the equivalent of 301 persistent, could and would have a voice in a joint committre of per cent. of the ordinary wages, the last and most important word both Houses in deciding whether If the salary exceeds £156 10s. on all legislation.

any given measure was a Finance year the total bonus will be £60 | The Parliament Act in such a Billor not. Differences generally a year plus 30. per cent. of the case, producing a negative reac between the two Houses would te salary, but the total rate of bonus tion in antipathetic minds, would referred to a "free conference shall in no case be less than that give not the House of Cornmons, of both. The reformed Second payable to a man whose wages but the House of Lords, the pre-Chamber would only be about are 60s. a week, and shall in no dominance.

balf the number of the present case be more than £500 a year.

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