§ SIR WILLIAM JOLLIFFEsaid, he would beg to ask the First Commissioner of Works, If it is the intention of the Government to refer the "Commons (Metropolis) Bill" to the consideration of a Select Committee?
§ MR. COWPERsaid, in reply, that he thought the differences of opinion existing on the subject would be more satisfactorily 484 adjusted by a Select Committee than by a Committee of the Whole House, and he should therefore be prepared, in the event of the Bill being read a second time, to adopt the suggestion of the right hon. Gentleman, and refer it to a Select Committee.