§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ *MR. HENRY H. FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)In relation to this Bill I notice a Motion on the Paper to refer it after Second Reading to a Standing Committee. May I ask what course the Government have decided to adopt 811 in reference to sending Bills to a Standing Committee? It was, I believe, intended, when Standing Committees were first set up in 1882, that they should be reserved for Government Bills, so that Members who sacrificed their time to these Committees might know that they were dealing with measures for which the Government was responsible.
§ MR. GOSCHENI cannot give the right hon. Gentleman a conclusive answer, but I will communicate with my right hon. Friend the First Lord.
§ Second Reading deferred till Thursday.