§ MR. LABOUCHERESir, with your permission, I will ask a Question which I have already stated to you, Whether the Resolution of February 7 in regard to Mr. Bradlaugh is regular, it being an absolute contradiction of the Standing Order of April 30, 1866, although that Standing Order has been neither suspended nor amended?
§ MR. SPEAKERThe Standing Order to which the hon. Member refers relates to the time when Members may take and subscribe the Oath required by law. It is in these terms—
That Members may take and subscribe the Oath required by law at any time during the Sittings of the House before the Orders of the Day and Notices of Motions have been entered upon or after they have been disposed of; but no debate or business shall be interrupted for that purpose.I am bound to say that I find no inconsistency between the Resolution of the 7th of February and the Standing Order I have now read. The Resolution of the 7th of February is quite regular.