The Constitutional Year Book (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...impracticable. The plan of setting up associations had his strong approval, but he would have preferred a more comprehensive scheme. He warned the supporters of the Government who criticised the proposals that big majorities did not last for ever, and that they ought not to play into the hands of the Opposition.--Sir H. Fowler (G.L.) maintained that there was no ground for a plea of urgency, and that the inclusion of the Board schools would have saved time, because just measures passed more rapidly than unjust ones. The Government ought to pledge themselves that Parliament should not disperse before their Bill dealing with the necessitous Board schools had been passed. If the voluntary schools and the Board schools were dealt with in separate Bills, one might be accepted by the House of Lords and the other rejected. The Government were preventing the House from voting on the simple issue whether Board schools should be treated on a footing of equality with voluntary schools.--Sir R. Finlay (L.U.), SolicitorGeDeral, argued that Board schools required special treatment in a separate Bill. The suggestion as to the possible action of the House of Lords was a very unworthy suspicion. The Government did not dispute that there was need for aid to necessitous Board schools, but could do only one thing at a time, and they fully intended to deal with the question at as early a date as possible.--Mr. Dillon (N.) said the Bill was a treat improvement on that of 18vG, and he should vote for it, though he thought the policy of the Government with regard to the voluntary schools was fraught with danger.--Sir J. Kennaway (C.) heartily supported the Bill.--Mr. Birrell (G.L.) believed that the so-called religious difficulty did not exist, and said he could not understand the...