§ MR. HERMONsaid, he wished, as morning sittings had now commenced, to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he cannot make some arrange- 725 ment by which Members of Committees upstairs will be afforded a little more time to reach the House from the Committee Rooms, so as to be able to record their Votes on the Amendments on the Bills which may happen to be under discussion in the House?
MR. GLADSTONE,in reply, said, that he had had no opportunity of looking into the subject. He was afraid the inconvenience referred to was due to the magnificent proportions of the building in which they were assembled, which appeared to him to have been devised with a regard to other purposes than the transaction of business. He was sorry to add that he could not suggest a remedy for the inconvenience; but if on any special occasion the matter were brought under his notice, he should, so far as he was able, endeavour to meet the hon. Gentleman's wishes.