§ Order for Committee read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair."—(Mr. Chance.)
§ MR. RADCLIFFE COOKE (Newington, W.)objected.
§ MR. CHANCE (Kilkenny, S.)asked the indulgence of the House to be allowed to say that the Bill, which was agreed to by the Government, was simply an Amending Bill to remove a technical difficulty which placed the Court of Appeal in Ireland in a somewhat ridiculous position, and there could be no reasonable objection to it. He only asked that the formal stage be now taken.
§ THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR) (Manchester, E.)said, so far as the Government were 938 concerned, there was no objection to this stage.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ Clause 1 (Short title and construction).
§ Committee report Progress; to sit again To-morrow.