§ COLONEL NOLAN (Galway N.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, If the House could have an opportunity of considering whether it would be advisable to unlock the Library and exit doors of the Main Lobby immediately after the door of the House being unlocked during a Division, power to be reserved to Mr. Speaker to keep these doors locked for any special Division; in case of a disagreement between the Tellers, Mr. Speaker to decide without a second Division which telling should be accepted by the House as correct, using, if he considered it advisable, the Division Lists to decide the difference?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)The Government are not aware that the present manner of taking Divisions in this House has worked unsatisfactorily; and until the Government are assured that there is among the Members of this House a general desire for some change of the existing arrangements, they are not prepared to take the steps indicated by the hon. and gallant Member, which I am inclined to think might occasion considerable inconvenience to hon. Members.