It was hardly possible that any one of their lordships could fail to perceive, that transactions had recently taken place on the continent, out of Which a Crisis had arisen, which must come borne to the interests of every free country of Europe—he had almost said the interests of every individual inhabitant of Europe.

The Irish, like all uncivilized people, were vindictive, and no one knew the moment at Which a Crisis might arrive.

But the mode of election of Representative Peers being what it was, if there was any collision between the two Houses, unless the majority of the House of Lords upon the question was more than thirty, the whole collision would arise, not out of any misunderstanding between that House and the hereditary Members of the other House, but out of a misrepresentation, or rather an inaccurate representation of the two subsidiary Peerages; and it might be, unless the Bishops redressed the matter—and they had been told by the Archbishop of York that they were the Liberals of the House—that a majority of twenty hereditary Members of the other House might be in accord with the Members of that House, notwithstanding Which a Great Crisis might arise which would be entirely attributable to the misrepresentation of the Irish and Scotch Peerage.

To the Church that is now disestablished, and towards which not one of us can ever feel a sentiment other than that of earnest good-will—to the Church now about to be disestablished we simply record our wish and prayer that there may be de- 573 veloped in her, according to her means, those masculine qualities by Which a Great Crisis can be met.

If he had his way he would have ten processes and make the reduction ten times, and that was the only way in Which a Great Crisis could be avoided.

There is only one way in Which a Crisis can be averted, and that is to give the country the sure knowledge that the best financial brains in the Government are turning their attention to this question of getting value for money spent, and I maintain that that can best be done by the Treasury concerning itself with the question of supply.

They have come to the end of the road in Which a Crisis is inescapable.

Why was the one-third figure chosen as the limit beyond Which a Crisis is to be assumed to have developed?

The technique of getting the necessary and required aid into a country in Which a Crisis has occurred as speedily as possible is all very well in a country such as Iran, where there is an efficient administration that knows what it wants and can find out what it is likely to want.

I do not entirely accept that a formal right of first refusal would be appropriate, because of the way in Which a Crisis can develop internationally.

) provides examples of the circumstances in Which a Crisis Loan can be awarded.

), a copy of which is in the Library provides examples of the circumstances in Which a Crisis loan can be awarded.

What are the circumstances, however, in Which a Crisis can be anticipated so that the election has to be brought forward two months?

” That is so thin that it is important for the oversight committee to make it a top priority to ensure that there is preparedness and that it is thinking through the circumstances in Which a Crisis may occur, and that needs to be placed explicitly in the Bill.