| William Robertson (reporter.) - 1884 - 416 pages
...from one penny per pound to five-eighths of a penny, and the House of Commons eame to a resolution that ' in all aids given to the King by the Commons...rate or tax ought not to be altered by the Lords.' A eonferenee was held with the House of Lords, and the House of Commons then deelared that the right... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 664 pages
...imposing a tax upon sugar, the Lords reduced the amount of the tax ; on which the Commons resolved, " That in all aids given to the king by the Commons, the rate or tax ought not to be altei-fíd by the Lords." This brought on three successive conferences between the Houses, in which... | |
| Edward Porritt - 1909 - 660 pages
...amendment was read in the House of Commons it was resolved, nemine contra, " that in all aids to be given to the King by the Commons, the rate or tax ought not to be altered by the Lords*." Conference It would seem that the Lords had made the amendment to on the provoke another contest on... | |
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