19 MARCH 1910, Page 12

THE PROBLEM OF THE LORDS.

[To TER EDITOR OP TIER " SPECTLTOR.'1

SIR,—Is there any occasion for all this pother about the reconstruction of the House of Lords P No doubt in theory its constitution is far from being an ideal one; but, on the other hand, in practice is there really much wrong with it P Has it ever resisted the public will when that will has once been definitely ascertained and clearly expressed P It is already evident that it will• be almost impossible to secure anything like unanimity regarding a new arrangement. Would not all the necessities of the case be amply met by

simply enacting that the Peers shall not be entitled to veto for a second time any Bill which has been sent up by the Commons in two successive Parliaments P—I am, Sir, &c.,

SCOT.