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The broad principles uropovd fof the reform. of the rds

seem i6 us on the whole to be very judicious. here is no attempt to satisfy the diehards by tilting at he Parliament Act as. such. Moreover the retention f the hereditary right to sit in the case of a certain umber of Peers together with temporary nominations a neat dovetailing with tradition. There will be volution viithoUt rupture. By avOiding any method r election in the ordinary sense for the House of Lords the House will be saved from that kind of similarity to the House of Commons which would provoke challenge and rivalry.