29 FEBRUARY 1908, Page 3

In the House of Lords on Tuesday Lord Camperdown moved

the second reading of his Small Holdings and Allot- ments (Scotland) Bill, by which it is proposed to extend the English Small Holdings Act of 1907 to Scotland, with a few alterations. This placed the Government in a quandary, as their own Bill on the subject is, of course, being rapidly passed through the House of Commons for presentation to the Lords for the second time. Lord Crewe complained of the martyrdom which Liberal Ministers suffered in the House of Lords, and also described the introduction of Lord Camper. down's Bill as a deliberate slight to the House of Commons. He resisted the Bill on behalf of the Government.