§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)I wish to draw your attention, Sir, to the Orders of the Day. The order for the consideration of the Report of the Select Committee stands No. 8 upon the Orders of the Day, but it had been ordered as a matter of privilege to stand as the first Order, and it did so stand in the Orders of the Day for Monday. I wish to ask whether it ought not to be the first Order now; and, if so, whether it cannot be considered before the other Orders?
§ * MR. SPEAKERI am at a loss to know why the same course has not been pursued to-day that was followed on Monday, that is, placing the Order first on the list of Orders of the Day. As to the point of order, there are several instances in which Orders of the Day and Notices lower down on the List than others have been taken first on the ground of privilege; and, following those precedents, I shall now allow this Order to be taken first as a question of privilege.