22 MAY 1925
In the House of Lords, the second reading of the Parliament (Qualification of Peeresses) Bill was negatived by 80 votes to 78.
Transport policy, road development and the cheaper use and wider application of electricity were the chief topics of debate in the House of Commons.
The Poor-Law Emergency Provisions (Scotland) Bill passed Report stage and its third reading after a sitting of the Commons that lasted until six o’clock in the morning.
The Silk Association of Great Britain and Ireland expressed satisfaction with the new silk-tax proposals.
The final selection of a Unionist candidate for Ayr Burghs will be made today at a meeting of the Central Council of the Ayr Burghs Unionist Association. The names before the council are Lieutenant-Colonel T. C. Moore, C.B.E., who was defeated at Coatbridge at the last election, and Mr D. G. Somerville, who was defeated at Barrow-in-Furness. The Liberals have resolved to contest the seat.
Lord Wledisloe, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, told the Council of Agriculture that it is hoped to introduce next year an agricultural policy that will command a large measure of general consent. A Bill on the marking of imported agricultural produce will be introduced this session.
Last evening’s bulletin regarding the Earl of Ypres stated that he was gradually sinking.