§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is not by accident and inadvertence that, in giving notice lately of intended Motions, by Government precedence, he fixed one of them for a Members' ballot night, Tuesday, the 13th; and, whether he has any intention of claiming any right on the part of the Government to give such notice for Tuesdays, without taking their chance of the ballot in common with other Members?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, he could assure the hon. Member that he had no intention of claiming any precedence for the Government on Tuesday nights. He gave his notice without reference to the fact of that particular day being the ballot day, and it was not until he knew of the hon. Member's notice that he had observed the coincidence. He had communicated privately with the right hon. Member for Droitwich to state that he should be quite willing that the right hon. Baronet's and hon. Members' notices should take precedence of his. [Sir JOHN PAKINGTON: Hear, hear!]
§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHsaid, that the right hon. Baronet's explanation was perfectly satisfactory.