§ MR. CALLANasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it was in accordance with the usual practice of Her Majesty's Government that one of the junior whips, whose duty was popularly supposed to be to keep a House and cheer the Ministers, and one of the subordinate Members of the Government, should promote and actively facilitate a "count out" of the House during the discussion 1283 of a Bill to the principle of which Her Majesty's Government stood pledged, as was the case when the Irish Registration (No. 2) Bill was counted out early that morning?
MR. GLADSTONEThe Question of the hon. Member sounds to me like one full of pitfalls, and as I am not cognizant directly of the circumstances alluded to, I hope the hon. Member will pardon me if I ask him to postpone the Question.
§ MR. CALLANsaid he would repeat the Question on Thursday.