[409:1] See the chapter on "The Strength of Party Ties," infra.
[412:1] When the Liberals are in power this is not much use for bills which the Lords are likely to amend seriously, because the amendments would have to be reversed in the Commons at a cost of much time.
[412:2] Rep. of Com. on Priv. Bill Legislation, Com. Papers, 1888, XVI., 1.
[414:1] "The Working Constitution," 120.
[415:1] Probably the advocates of this policy would not want to apply it in the case of private bill legislation.
[417:1] The power to create peers enough to swamp the House has a potential value. It could be used once for all to abolish or transform the body, and this fact has, no doubt, its effect on the general attitude of the members, but that does not affect the argument that as a means of maintaining harmony between the Houses the power is useless.
[418:1] "Recollections and Suggestions," 110-11.
