to a decision between men, party and policy, judging their character and judging the circumstances of the hour; that they should choose their representatives and then trust them and give them a fair chance within the limits of their commission for a period which should not be unreasonably prolonged; then these representatives should be summoned before their constituents, who should judge them in relation to all the circumstances proper to be considered, and in relation as well to the general effects of their policy, and should either confirm them in their places as representatives or choose other men to take their place." -- [OFFICIAL REPORT, 22nd February, 1911; Vol. 21, c. 2035.] That is our belief of democracy as well as that of the right hon. Gentleman in 1911. May I say that a great part of his speech was devoted to disapproving some of those propositions, as was strikingly done last night by the hon. Member the senior Burgess for Cambridge University (Mr. Pickthorn). He claimed that it was the prerogative of the House of Lords to be able to determine when and in what circumstances a General Election should take place: ... if, after two or three years of office, it appears to the House of Lords ... that a Bill passed by this House is not one which public opinion really goes with, that can be held up, not for long, at the worst only for 218 as long as it takes to win an election." --