§ The Tables of Contents of the volumes have been considerably enlarged. Every entry is made to accord with the corresponding entry in the LORDS' MINUTES or COMMONS' VOTES; but a large amount of valuable information not to be found in those records, but derived from the text of "HANSARD," is added or intercalated.
§ Every Motion is set out in its precise terms, according to the Notice, or to the entries in the Minutes or Votes.
§ Every Amendment or Motion interposed between the original Question and the final decision, whether subject of entry on the Minutes or Votes or not, is given.
§ The title of every Bill introduced is set out at length, with the names of the Peers or Members who have charge of the measure.
§ All Motions and Amendments are set out at length.
§ In Committee all Clauses debated, and some not discussed, are recorded. The "breviates" which indicate the object of the Clause are given, and the Amendments are given at length.
§ [If a Bill be committed to a Select Committee, a list of the Members will be found in the Sessional Index.]
§ The object of every Select Committee moved for is set out in the terms of the Motion; and if granted, the names of the Members nominated to serve on it.
§ After the names of the Members who put Questions, the names of the Ministers who give the Answers are now added.
§ In short, the object of these alterations has been to render the "Contents" a complete abstract of the MINUTES and VOTES, comprising the whole "contentious" business of Parliament in relation to public affairs.
§ [These improvements, commenced in the second volume, and growing as the work proceeded, will be found most complete in the later volumes.]