COMMITTEE.

HC Deb 06 July 1882 vol 271 c1736

Order for Committee read.

SIR THOMAS ACLAND moved that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee, and that, for this purpose, the present Order be discharged.

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Order for Committee be discharged, and that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee."—(Sir Thomas Acland.)

MR. PELL

said, he understood that this was a blocked measure, and that, under the circumstances, no further progress could now be made.

MR. SPEAKER

According to the Orders of the House, the Bill stands for Committee. I understand the proposition of the hon. Baronet (Sir Thomas Acland) to be that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. It is open to him to make that Motion, because it does not advance the Bill a stage. If the House thinks proper to refer the Bill to a Select Committee, it would on the Report of the Select Committee be re-committed.

Motion agreed to.

Order discharged.

Bill referred to a Select Committee.