MOTION FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE. (Hansard, 9 July 1884)

§ MR. TREVELYAN
moved that a Select Committee be appointed— To inquire into the working of recent legislation with reference to cottages and plots of land for agricultural labourers in Ireland; and to Report whether it has been established that any amendments of such legislation are at present necessary: That the Committee do consist of Twenty-one Members:—Mr. HERBERT GLADSTONE, Colonel KING-HARMAN, Mr. VILLIERS STUART, Mr. BRODRICK, Mr. ILLINGWOBTH, Mr. ELTON, Mr. SYDNEY BUXTON, Sir HERVEY BRUCE, Mr. SHAW, Mr. BERESFORD, Mr. THOMAS DICKSON, Mr. MACNAGHTEN, Mr. RATHBONE, Mr. GREER, Mr. HEALY, Mr. PARNELL, Mr. SEXTON, Mr. T. P. O'CONNOR, Mr. GRAY, and Mr. SOLICITOR GENERAL for IRELAND:—Power to send for persons, papers, and records; Seven to be the quorum. The right hon. Gentleman explained that he himself would be unable to serve, owing to the pressure of official engagements.

§ MR. SEXTON
remarked that only 20 names had been mentioned.

§ MR. TREVELYAN
said, that owing to an error—he was not quite sure at what point it occurred—his name was inserted by mistake in the Committee, and that of the noble Lord (Lord Arthur Hill) was left out. That alteration would render the Committee constituted according to a Resolution of the House. The noble Lord's name would be moved tomorrow.

§ MR. PARNELL
said, he thought it most desirable that the right hon. Gentleman should be a Member of the Committee.

§ MR. SEXTON
gave Notice that tomorrow he would move that the Committee consist of 22 Members, and that the name of Mr. Trevelyan be added. He wished to know when the first meeting of the Committee would be held?

§ COLONEL KING-HARMAN
, with regard to the date of meeting, hoped the Chief Secretary would bear in mind that the Assizes were going on in Ire 649 land at the present moment, and that these particular Assizes were important, because the question of trams was under consideration in almost all of them.

§ COLONEL NOLAN
said, he did not think the convenience of Grand Jurors should be considered by that House.

§ MR. TREVELYAN
said, he hoped to be able to-morrow to show that it would be quite impossible for him to attend the Committee with the regularity which would make him a useful Member. With regard to the date of the meeting, he presumed it was for the Members of the Committee to arrange that. So far as the Government Members of the Committee were concerned, they would wish the meeting to be at the earliest period, and that the Business should be gone on with as soon as possible.