Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Title:: Chapter VIII. The constitutional relations of the houses

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63¢ PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS [PART III by the House of Representatives in sending up a Supply Bill purporting that a grant had been made by the Lower House : but the Senate at once asked for an amendment so as to remove the address to the Crown in the preamble, and to insert a schedule showing what the grant was for, and the Lower House consented after some discussion to the sugges- tion! In 1904 the Governor-General’s speech was altered so as at prorogation to convey thanks to both Houses for the grant, and at the opening of the session to refer merely to the originating of Bills for grants in the Lower House. In 1901 the practice of printing in italics proposals as to fines and penalties which the House of Lords is allowed by custom to do, the Commons not objecting on grounds of privilege to this mode of suggesting amendments on small points like these, was omitted on the direction of the President of the Senate. Much more serious has been the question of the power to suggest amendments. In 1902, in the course of discussion of the Tariff Bill, the Upper House suggested a set of amend- ments : some were accepted, some rejected in the Lower Hbuse, but on the Bill being returned the Upper House still insisted on some and sent back new suggestions, Then the matter was solved by a compromise, as all were deter- mined to get the tariff through : the Lower House without prejudice proceeded to consider the amendments, and there was in effect a compromise between the Houses, but the Upper House passed a resolution affirming that the action of the House of Representatives in receiving and dealing with the reiterated requests of the Senate was in compliance with the undoubted constitutional position and rights of the Senate. In 1908 the same performance was repeated : the Senate made one set of requests : some were granted, some returned ungranted : then they sent down a second set, and then the Lower House, to avoid a third set and a consti- tutional deadlock. decided to make a compromise with the * Parliamentary Debates, 1901, pp. 1021, 1153, 1174, 1190, 1352, 1471 ; Act No. 1 of 1901. 2 Thid., pp. 942-7. * Ibid., p. 763. Cf. May, Parliamentary Practice,” pp. 460, 529, 548, 705, * Ibid., 1902, pp. 15676 seq. ® Thid., pp. 15813 seq.

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