§ CAPTAIN PIMasked, Whether Mr. Speaker would be good enough to inform him why the Notice of Motion in his name for this evening stood third upon the Paper, instead of second, as it appeared in the Order Book of the 10th of June? A Notice of Motion by the hon. Member for Dundalk (Mr. Callan) was now put before his, although he had balloted and obtained the second place.
§ MR. CALLANsaid, that some mistake having been made in the matter before the adjournment for the Holidays, he had written to the Clerk at the Table and received an answer that nothing could be done until the House re-assembled. When the House met, a reference was made to the list which had been made, and the Notices were placed by the Clerk at the Table exactly in the order in which the ballot was held.
§ MR. SPEAKERbelieved that the explanation just given was quite correct. It accounted for the Notice of the hon. Member for Dundalk being put down before that of the hon. and gallant Member for Gravesend. The Motion of the hon. Member for Dundalk was entitled to precedence on the Paper this evening.
§ CAPTAIN PIMasked, why he was not informed by the Clerk at the Table as to the fate of his Motion?
§ MR. SPEAKERsaid, the Clerk, acting in accordance with the ordinary practice of the House, made an alteration, which, of course, the hon. and gallant Member would see on the Notice Paper on the following day.
§ CAPTAIN PIMsaid, it was by the merest accident that ho happened to see it.