The Earl of Clarendon (Conseryative) introduced in the House of Lords to-day his proposals for the reform of the Upper Chamber. He moved, first, that it was desirable that early steps should be taken to Himit the number of members of the House of Lands ard to make suite able provision for elective repre sentation of the Peerage and for such other representation or nomination sx would ensure to each political party " fair position in the Mouse; ard, secondly, that the fol-of the House of ards would fulfil these condition:
each Parliament there should sit and vote 150 Peers elected the cumulative vote of the whole Vody of Peers and 150 other per sons nominated by the Crown in Proportion to the parties in the House of Commons. The Crown should also have power to appoint a limited number of life Peers in each Parliament.
Lord Clarendon advocated that Peers not elected to sit in the House of Lords should be eligible to stand as candidates for the House of Commons, The scheme was opposed by Lord Buckmaster for the Liberal Party and by Lord Parmoor on behalf of the Labour Party.
Lord Parmoor objecter that the 150 Peers elected by the present House of Lords would be prodominrutly Conservative.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Hailsham, said that the Government. took the view that in matters of such grave constitutional import. ance an endeavour ought at least be made to secure a measure of general agreement to any proposed changes. The Government, he added, had dropped the proposals made is predecessor, Lord Cave, Inst because they did not receive
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