§ MR. RICHARD POWER (Waterford)asked the Postmaster General, Whether, next Session, he intends to renew the Motion which he placed on the Notice Paper last Session for the nomination of a Committee to inquire into the Appointment of Officers of the House of Commons, considering that such a Committee has not sat for forty years?
§ THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES) (Cambridge University)In reply to the hon. Member, I must point out that the Notice to which he refers was given before I became a Member of Her Majesty's Government. My acceptance of Office will, I presume, preclude me from acting upon it without consulting my Colleagues on the subject. But there is no reason why the hon. Member, who enjoys a position of greater freedom and less responsibility, should not take up the question if he thinks proper to do so.