Commons Sitting of 10 May 1880

Preamble
Several Members took and subscribed the Oath.

NEW MEMBERS SWORN.
Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, baronet, for Bath; Alexander William Hall, esquire, for Oxford City; Charles Cecil Cotes, esquire, for Shrewsbury; Right honble. Henry Fawcett, for Hackney; Sir Henry James, knight, for Taunton; Thomas Brassey, esquire, for Hastings; Farrer Herschell, esquire, for Durham City; John Holms, esquire, for Hackney; Lord Charles Bruce, for Marlborough; Arnold Morley, esquire, for Nottingham Borough.
Several other Members took and subscribed the Oath.

NEW MEMBER SWORN.
Herbert John Gladstone, esquire, for Leeds.
Several other Members took and subscribed the Oath.

NEW WRITS.
For—
Lancashire (North Eastern Division), v. Right honble Spencer Compton Cavendish, commonly called Marquess of Hartington, Secretary of State.
Londonderry County, v. Right honble Hugh Law, Attorney General for Ireland.

NOTICE OF QUESTION.
  THE LAND LAWS.
  MR. BAXTERsaid, that before renewing in the present Session his Motion to the effect that "the Land Laws of the United Kingdom, in respect to entail, primogeniture, settlements, and transfer, and in other particulars, are not in a satisfactory state, and require the attention of Her Majesty's Government with a view to their alteration," he would ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government—not this Session, because no one could expect that the Government could deal with such a subject this Session—at an early convenient period to deal comprehensively with this whole subject in the spirit of the Resolution which he had just read?
PARLIAMENTARY OATH.

  NOTICE OF NOMINATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
  LORD RICHARD GROSVENOR: Sir, in consequence of various changes having been made at the suggestion of hon. Gentlemen on both sides of the House, and to suit their convenience, I have thought it better to mention to the House that I propose to give the names of those hon. Gentlemen who have consented to sit on the Committee which was approved by the House a week or so ago. I beg, therefore, to give Notice that to-morrow I will proceed to nominate the Committee; and if the House wishes it I will read the names that I shall propose to place upon it. ["Read, read!"] The names are Mr. Whitbread, Sir John Holker, Mr. John Bright, Lord Henry Lennox, Mr. Massey, Mr. Staveley Hill, Sir Henry Jackson, Mr. Attorney General, Sir Gabriel Goldney, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Grantham, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Watkin Williams, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Hopwood, Mr. Beresford Hope, Major Nolan, Mr. Chaplin, and Mr. Serjeant Simon.
  SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFsaid, it might be more convenient if he should bring before the House that afternoon the reasons which had induced him to oppose the nomination of

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  the Committee proposed by the noble Lord. ["Order!"]
  MR. SPEAKER: I wish to point out to the hon. Member that there is no Question before the House. The noble Lord has only given Notice of a Motion to bring the question before the House to-morrow.
  SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFFsaid, he would conclude with a Motion. He thought it right to bring before the House the reasons which induced him to object to the formation of the Committee— ["Order!"] —as contrary to precedent and to the Orders of the House.
  MR. SPEAKER: The course proposed to be taken by the hon. Member for Portsmouth is obviously irregular. He proposes to anticipate a discussion which will take place on a Motion of which Notice has been given for tomorrow.
  SIR H. DRUMMOND WOLFF: Then, Sir, I will give Notice that tomorrow I shall move the Previous Question.
  House adjourned at half after Four o'clock.