§ MR. ANDERSONI wish, Sir, to ask a Question on a point of Order. In the case of an Election Petition where the Judge has decided the election void on account of a very considerable amount of bribery, is it quite in Order to move for a writ for a new election without giving the House sufficient time to consider the Report, and would it not be more in Order to put a Notice on the Paper of the intention to move for such a writ?
§ MR. SPEAKERThere is nothing opposed to Order in such a proceeding. It was, however, formerly the practice to pass a Sessional Resolution to the effect that, when a seat had been rendered vacant by the Report of an Election Committee on the ground of bribery, a new writ could not be moved for without Notice being given in the Votes.