§ MR. STEUARTsaid, that if they should arrive at the stage of going into Committee on the Reform Bill, he would submit a Motion to the effect that some other Member of the House than the hon. Member for Sal-ford (Mr. Massey) do take the Chair. As that hon. Gentleman had an important notice with reference to the Bill on the Paper, it was desirable that they should have the benefit of his deliberations in Committee. He would therefore beg Mr. Speaker to instruct him as to the proper moment when such a Motion should be brought forward. He (Mr. Steuart) learned from Mr. May's valuable work on The Law and Practice of Parliament, that such a Motion was competent, but that if it were made in Committee Mr. Speaker would require to be called in.
§ MR. SPEAKERHad the hon. Member put on the paper the Motion which he proposes to make, I should have been able to answer his question with more positive certainty than I can now undertake to do. My impression is that if any such question arises in Committee that will be the proper time to call for the assistance of the House to decide it.