The National Review, Volume 54W.H. Allen, 1909 - English literature |
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Page 223
... House of Commons has abdi- cated in a large degree its prerogative of controlling expenditure . The House of Commons imposes taxation and votes money in blocks . The details of the expenditure are left to the virtually unfettered ...
... House of Commons has abdi- cated in a large degree its prerogative of controlling expenditure . The House of Commons imposes taxation and votes money in blocks . The details of the expenditure are left to the virtually unfettered ...
Page 232
... House would ever consent to delegate to an independent committee business ... Commons , and passed through most of their stages , are sacrificed at the ... House of Lords in 1848 , and was designed , as Mr. Gladstone believed , to retard ...
... House would ever consent to delegate to an independent committee business ... Commons , and passed through most of their stages , are sacrificed at the ... House of Lords in 1848 , and was designed , as Mr. Gladstone believed , to retard ...
Page 374
... House of Lords were as important as those of the House of Commons . But whatever might be the case as regards amend- ment , the right to accept or reject the Finance Bill in its entirety had never been abandoned or even waived by the Lords ...
... House of Lords were as important as those of the House of Commons . But whatever might be the case as regards amend- ment , the right to accept or reject the Finance Bill in its entirety had never been abandoned or even waived by the Lords ...
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