§ MR. HENRY H. FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)said, he was not aware whether there was any objection to the Motion he was about to make. It had met with the concurrence and approval of Her Majesty's Government, and he asked the House to accept the principle that a Select Committee should inquire into the procedure by which the House granted annual Supplies. The House would have observed that the Rule which he had set down with reference to improving the mode of procedure in this respect was not moved by himself, and he did not propose it, for the reason that there was a general feeling on both sides of the House that before any further alteration was made in reference to the procedure of Supply, a careful, full, and independent examination should be made into the system by a Select Committee. He, therefore, proposed his Resolution, and had no doubt the House would take care the Members of the Committee should be well qualified to consider the subject. There could be no doubt in the minds of hon. Members that a system deemed so valuable in reference to Army Estimates, might well be extended to the Navy and Civil Service for saving expenditure and promoting efficiency.
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Motion made, and Question,
That a Select Committee be appointed to consider the procedure by which the House annually grants the Supplies to Her Majesty,"—(Mr. Henry H. Fowler,)
§ —put, and agreed to.