HC Deb 24 June 1867 vol 188 c424

Lords' Message [21st June] (by Order) considered.

MR. DODSON

moved that a Select Committee be appointed to join with the Select Committee appointed by the House of Lords, as mentioned in the Lords' Message, to consider the Act 9 & 10 Vict. c. 20, and the Standing Orders of both Houses in relation to Parliamentary Deposits, and the completion of Railways within a prescribed time, and to report what alterations it is expedient to make therein for the present and for the ensuing Session. He would express a hope that those who took an interest in the Private Business of the House would still have the advantage of the Chairman of Committees (Colonel Wilson Patten) sound judgment and long experience.

COLONEL FRENCH

said, he wished to know whether the decision of the joint Committee was to be final.

MR. DODSON

said, it was only a Committee appointed to consider and report, so that it would be for each House to decide afterwards what should be done.

Motion agreed to.

Ordered, That a Select Committee of Five Members be appointed to join with the Select Committee appointed by the House of Lords, as mentioned in their Lordships' Message of the 21st day of June, to consider the Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 20, and the Standing Orders of both Houses in relation to Parliamentary Deposits, and the completion of Railways within a prescribed time, and to report what alterations it is expedient to make therein for the present and for the ensuing Session.—(Mr. Dodson.)

And, on June 26, Select Committee nominated as follows.—Mr. DODSOW, Lord HOTHAM, Mr. MILNER GIBSON, Mr. BOUVERIE, and Mr. HOWES: Power to send for persons, papers, and records; Three to be the quorum.