§ MR. ANDERSONI wish, Mr. Speaker, to put a Question to you of which I have given you private Notice, in reference to the interpretation which is to be placed upon the new Rule relating to the blocking of Bills. As you are aware, Sir, one of the Rules passed in November last places a limitation upon the arrangement which previously existed in regard to blocking, by providing that any Blocking Notice, unless renewed, should lapse at the end of a week following the day on which it was given. I wish to ask you, Sir, whether these words are to be interpreted literally and exactly; or if, under any circumstances, it can be possible for any Blocking Notice to last not only through the week following that in which it was given, but also into the 50 second week following that on which it was given?
§ MR. SPEAKERBy a strict construction of the Standing Order in question, no Notice of opposition would be operative on the first day of sitting after any adjournment exceeding one week. I cannot think that this could have been the intention of the House. In order, therefore, to conform to what I believe to have been the intention of the House, I should feel bound to hold that an allowance should be made for an intervening adjournment of the House, and that a Notice of opposition, given after the adjournment has been agreed to, would not lapse until the end of the week in which the House resumes Business. This course is in conformity with that taken by the House with respect to Notices of Motions given under the ballot.