House Divided Over Motion Sparks Liberal Confidence
In a heated debate, the speaker and allies accepted minority status for now, citing past shifts from minority to majority. The house split with 374 in favor and 286 against, adjournment following as supporters expected the Liberal party to push the motion to passage under current or future leadership.
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Liberal Party
Entleman
Lords Debate University Tests Split Over New Measure
In the Lords the University Tests Bill faced a pivotal division as Marquis of Salisbury argued for a revised test aimed at separating religious from secular instruction. Opponents warned the plan would threaten religious teaching, exclude dissenters, and drive away conscientious scholars, while supporters asserted the test was a matter of honour, not enforcement by courts.
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LORDS
House of Lords
Commons
Marquis of Souisbury
Select Committee
England
Lord Salisbury
Charles Appleton
St. John’s College
Oxford
Marquis
Kant
Hegel
Herbert Spencer
Appleton
Ince
Canon Liddon
Church
Germany
A. B
Earl of Kimperrey
St. Paul’s
Lord Kimberley
Gloucester
Briston
Archbishop of York
Church of England
Voysey
Duke of Somerset
House of Commons
Earl of Harrowly
Lincolln
Marquis of Lanspawner
Lord Stanzby
Alderley
York
Keble College
Earl of Carnarvon
Bishop of
Carlisle
Saissury
Lord Westury
Manchester
Cambridge
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Redesdale
Lord Souisbury
Lord Kimmberley
Lord Saissary
Lord Houcutton
Lord Lyvepen