§ MR. BRUCE moved that the Select Committee on Parliamentary and Municipal Elections do consist of twenty-one Members.
§ MR. MORRISONsaid, he hoped the right hon. Gentleman the Home Secretary would consent to add to the Committee a Gentleman in whom a large section of the community would repose confidence with regard to the question of throwing the expenses of elections on the rates. The hon. Member for Brighton (Mr. Fawcett), had introduced a Bill on the subject, which was exciting very great public interest, and he had only been defeated on the second reading by a small number of votes. It was also desirable, in his opinion, that there should be on the Committee a Member who supported the adoption of representation by minorities, and the scheme of personal representation which was rapidly gaining favour among thinking people, and especially among the working classes. On a future day, therefore, he should propose that the Committee should consist of twenty-two Members, and that the name of his hon. Friend the Member for Brighton (Mr. Fawcett), should be added to the Committee.
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Motion agreed to.
Select Committee on Parliamentary and Municipal Elections to consist of Twenty-one Members:—The Marquess of HARINGTON, Mr. GATHORNE HARDY, Mr. BRIGHT, Mr. HUNT, Sir GEORGE GREY, Mr. VILLERS, Sir FREDERICK HEYGATE, Mr. BRAND, Mr. CROSS, Mr. WHITBREAD, Mr. RAIKES, Mr. LEATHAM, Mr. STAVELEY HILL, Mr. LOCKE, Mr. HENRY SMITH, The O'CONOR DON, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. DALGLISH, Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Mr. JAMES, and Mr. HOWES:—Power to send for persons, papers, and records: Seven to be the quorum.