HC Deb 30 April 1856 vol 141 c1786
MR. HAYTER

said, he would move that the House at its rising do adjourn till to-morrow at Two o'clock.

MR. THORNELY

said, he wished to know if they were to begin business at Two o'clock'?

MR. SPEAKER

said, he must inform the hon. Member that the House at its rising always adjourned till half-past Ten o'clock the following forenoon. Committees were entitled to sit after that hour, but to-morrow being Ascension-day, it was not thought desirable that they should meet before Two o'clock, and hence the Motion for adjourning the House till that hour.

MR. THORNELY

said, he understood, then, that though Committees might sit at Two o'clock, the House itself would not meet till Four.

MR. SPEAKER

Precisely so; but it is competent to the House now to resolve that no Committee should sit to-morrow, being Ascension Day.

Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

Ordered—That no Committees shall have leave to sit To-morrow, being Ascension Day, until Two o'clock.

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