13 MAY 1911, Page 2

The discussion of the Report Stage of the Parliament Bill

was continued on Tuesday and Wednesday. No new points were raised during the debate, which seems to have excited little interest in the House, though the Government were in almost every division able to secure majorities of well over a hundred. The proposal to substitute a Joint Committee for the Speaker as the authority for discriminating money Bills from non-money Bills was defeated by 115, while the proposal to omit the Second Clause of the Bill was defeated by 105. After a certain number of minor amendments fulfilling pledges given in Committee had been proposed by the Govern- ment and agreed to, the Bill was ordered for Third Reading, which will be taken on Monday.