§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. Smith) (Strand, Westminster)said, the Rule he now rose to move was in a certain sense a small matter, the change, however, being intended to simplify the proceedings of the House. The existing arrangement required that Bills relating to Religion and Trade should be originated by a preliminary Resolution passed in Committee of the Whole House. The arrangement had been found to be inconvenient, and he, therefore, now proposed its repeal.
§ Resolved, That the Standing Order of the 9th and 30th of April 1772 concerning Bills relating to Religion and Trade be repealed.—(Mr. W. H. Smith.)