§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the time devoted to the debate on the first Amendment with regard to the Special Commission Report, extending over six days and occupying about 40 hours, was consumed by the speeches of only 37 Members; and, 722 whether he will renew the appeal that he has made to Members in previous Sessions since the Twelve o'clock Rule came into force, to be more concise in their remarks, so as to give opportunity to a larger number of Members to take part in the debates of the House?
§ * MR. W. H. SMITHThe hon. Member asks me to repeat an appeal which I made last year, and the very fact that such an appeal is again made shows how little effect my words have had. Sir, I regret than hon. Members are suffering under a malady which, as the hon. Member seems to think, renders them insensible of due proportion in their remarks; but I am sure that any remedy is to be found rather in the general sense of fairness to Colleagues in the House and of their responsibility to the country in the conduct of public business in the House, and I trust that the suggestion involved in the question will be received with consideration by those Gentlemen for whom it is intended.