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and continued support to a Government wMch will carry it out*
they will prevail. So the frequent use of the word "Parliament"

when what is is the House of Commons, is natural^ though

technically incorrect; for in the last resort power rests with the
Commons^ it is the people control the

Legislature.

' BOOKS:

*MUIRO How Britain is Governed.

*ANSON. Law and Custom of the Constitution^ Vol. I. Parliament.
LEES-SMITH. Second Chambers- in Theory an4 Practice.