§ MR. WALKER (Leicestershire, Melton)I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what, if any, safeguards have been imposed in the Canadian provinces having unicameral legislatures against hasty or oppressive legislative action by the single chamber.
§ MR. CHURCHILLNo safeguards other than the good sense of elected representatives are provided, as far as the Secretary of State is aware.
§ SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)Is there not a safeguard imposed by the British North America Act which prevents any Bill becoming law unless it receives the assent of the Dominion Legislature?
§ MR. CHURCHILLThat is not the point raised in the Question, which asks as to the safeguards imposed on the Canadian provinces. The question of safeguards under other circumstances is a different question altogether.
§ SIR GILBERT PARKERDoes not the British North America Act run in the provinces of the Dominion?
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe scope of that Act though no doubt very interesting is quite a different question, which I am not prepared to answer offhand.