HC Deb 07 September 1886 vol 308 cc1480-1
MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR (Donegal, E.)

I wish, Sir, to put a Question to you upon a point of Order. To-day being a Tuesday, according to the Standing Orders of the House— Notices of Motions take precedence of Orders of the Day on Tuesdays, unless the House shall have otherwise directed. The noble Lord the Chancellor of the Exchequer the other day—I think on the 31st of last month—moved a Resolution— That the Committees of Supply and Ways and Means, and all stages of the Appropriation Bill, have precedence of other Orders of the Day and the Notices of Motion on every day on which they may be appointed. That, Sir, will justify the putting down of the Committee of Supply as the first Order of the Day upon the present Tuesday. But there is a second Order of the Day put down—namely, "Supply, Report"—which I beg to submit is not covered by the Resolution in question. The Question, therefore, which I wish to put to you is, that Notices of Motion which stand upon the Paper in the names of my hon. Friends the Members for Bethnal Green (Mr. Pickersgill) and West Cork (Mr. Gilhooly) have, by right, precedence over the second Order on the Paper—namely, the Report of Supply.

MR. SPEAKER

In my opinion, the Report of Supply is part of the same transaction as Committee of Supply, and is, therefore, covered by the Resolution which was passed by the House the other day.

MR. ARTHUR O'CONNOR

It is put down as a separate Order of the Day, Sir, and it is not included in the terms of the Resolution to which I have referred.

MR. SPEAKER

In my opinion, it is covered by the Resolution moved by the Chancellor of the Exchequer the other day, and accepted by the House.