§ SIR STAFFORD NORTHCOTEIt would be convenient for us to know whe- 1656 ther the Government propose to take Morning Sittings regularly on Tuesdays and Fridays; and, also, whether we are to understand that the recent Order of the 27th with regard to the precedence to be given to the Land Law (Ireland) Bill excludes or supersedes the Rule that places Supply as the first Order on Fridays?
MR. GLADSTONEWith regard to Morning Sittings, I have no other desire than that we should take that course which will most expedite the Business of the Committee without hurrying it, and I think if we have two Morning Sittings weekly it will conduce to that end. It produces a more constant attendance, and the numbers do not vary up and down in the same extreme. When we have got rid of the Committee and the Report of the Land Law (Ireland) Bill, my own opinion is that, unless the House thinks otherwise, it will be better to go on as we are doing. With regard to the other part of the Question, there is no doubt whatever that the Resolution taken on Tuesday last does, for the time, set aside the Resolution as to Supply.