ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. (Hansard, 10 June 1887)

§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Longford, N.)

I see no reason whatever for this proposal on behalf of the Government. we are often told of the serious purpose for which this House exists, and yet we have this Motion made at this early hour of the morning in order to consult the private convenience and private pleasure of hon. Gentlemen. These are the Gentlemen who talk about their sacrifices to the country. I should like to know what reason the Government have to-night above any other night for moving the adjournment of the House without going through the Orders of the Day? They offer no explanation why they make this Motion. The whole series of Orders are to be gone through; and we shall be told on another occasion that some of these Orders are of the utmost importance. If these Orders are of the utmost importance on other occasions, they are of the utmost importance now. What is the reason the Government consider hon. Members should no longer be kept up? When the Government want to make progress with coercion, they are ready to sit until 4 o'clock in the morning; but when 1678 they want to go to a Naval Review, they can move the adjournment of the House at half-past 2 o'clock. This is the measure of the seriousness of the Tory Party. We hear a great deal about the degradation of the House of Commons——