HC Deb 15 May 1912 vol 38 c1126
Mr. GREENE

asked the Prime Minister whether he can state the occasions upon which the veto of the Imperial Parliament has been exercised with reference to any legislative action dealing with the internal affairs of any self-governing Colony within the Empire?

Mr. LYNCH

Before this question is put I wish to raise a point of Order. I wish to ask you, Mr. Speaker, why this question was allowed to be put on the Paper in the form in which it appears. This is not a mere matter of quibbling about the nicety of words, but a question which affects the status of our self-governing Dominions and involves questions which arouse the keenest resentment in the Dominions.

Mr. SPEAKER

That is not a point of Order at all. Those words have appeared over and over again.

Mr. HARCOURT

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given by me to a question by the hon. Member for Graves-end on 6th May.