Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 3)

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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-

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Identifikator:: 1896935311

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-237672

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

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 3

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XII Seiten, Seiten 1102-1670

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part VIII. Imperial unity and imperial co-operation

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SHAP. II] IMPERIAL CO-OPERATION 1475 $ 5. THE PROPOSALS FOR AN IMPERIAL CouxoiL In a dispatch of April 20, 1905! Mr. Lyttelton made certain proposals to the Governors of the self-governing Colonies. He summarized in that dispatch the history of previous Imperial Conferences, and suggested that it would be desirable to discard the title of ¢ Colonial Conferences * and to speak of the meetings as meetings of the ‘ Imperial Council ’. It was suggested that His Majesty's Government should be represented at these meetings by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. India, whenever her interests required it, would also be represented. The other members of the Council would be the Prime Ministers of the Colonies repre- sented at the Conference of 1902, or, if any Prime Ministers should be unable to attend, representatives appointed for that purpose by their Governments. These persons would sonstitute the permanent body of the Imperial Council, but, as in 1902, their consultations could be assisted when necessary for special purposes by other ministers belonging sither to the Imperial or to the Colonial Governments. They did not desire to give the Council by any instrument a more formal character, to define its constitution more closely, or to attempt to delimit its functions. History showed that such an institution might be wisely left to develop in accordance with the circumstances, and as it were of its own accord, and it was well not to sacrifice elasticity of power of adaptation to premature definiteness of form. Tt was also suggested that matters should be prepared in advance for the meeting of the Conference by a body on which all the Prime Ministers of the Colonies should be represented. In questions of defence this work was already done by the Imperial Defence Committee, on which also His Majesty's Government desired to obtain from time to time the presence of Colonial representatives, and it was proposed to establish a similar body to deal with matters of a civil character. Such a body would also be useful, as the Imperial Council could refer questions to it for subsequent examination and report. U Parl. Pap., Cd. 2785. Cf. Ewart, Kingdom of Canada, pp. 217-24.

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