25 JULY 1914, Page 1
On Monday in the Lords Lord Courtney asked several questions
about the statement which Mr. Asquith had just made in the Commons. He was uneasy at the fact that Ministers should have suggested such a Conference. Would not the constitutional rights of Parliament be impaired ? Lord Crewe's answer was excellent: "There has been no abrogation of Ministerial responsibility, and there has been no departure whatever from constitutional practice. . . . I can assure the noble Lord with equal confidence that there has not been and there cannot be any intention to supersede the authority of Parliament in this matter, and no such result will proceed from the Conference."
