25. Captain COOTEasked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of amending the Representation of the People Act so as to apply the principle of the alternative vote to single-member constituencies?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the answer given to a similar question by the hon. and gallant Member for Kincardine and Western on the 31st March.
Sir J. D. REESAfter the deliberate killing by the House of this particular eccentricity, can the matter be reconsidered during the life of the present Parliament.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI have no doubt it can.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that nothing short of this can possibly save the Liberal party?