The book The House of Lords. a Retrospect And a Forecast; was written by author Spalding Thomas Alfred Here you can read free online of The House of Lords. a Retrospect And a Forecast; book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The House of Lords. a Retrospect And a Forecast; a good or bad book?
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It would have afforded a means of delocalising the House of Lords to a slight extent, and of importing into it a leaven from India and the colonies with salu- tary results. It was objected that the category would give rise to invidious comment ; that queries would be bandied as to the qualifications of the selected indivi- duals. But this is a drawback which attends the confer- ring of any distinction under the sun. The public and the press will always debate the merits of the fortunate recipie...nt. Digitized by LiOOQ iC 1 1 2 THE HO USE OF LORDS. Such are the objections to the categories, some of which were urged during the second reading debate. Lord Russell recognised that they affected adversely the prospects of the Bill, and he agreed to withdraw the categories ; but he refused to accept Lord Derby's proposal that the service for which the life peerage was conferred, and the inability of the recipient to accept a hereditary peerage for financial reasons, should be recited in the patent.
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