§ SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL (Kirkcaldy, &c.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Government propose to refer any and which of the Bills now before the House to Standing Committees, and are willing fairly to consider proposals of private Members in charge of Bills to refer those Bills to such Committees?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHBills are not referred to Committees till after their Second Reading, and I am unable to state what Bills will or will not be referred to the Standing Committees.
§ SIR G. CAMPBELLMay I ask whether it is intended that the Bills of private Members should be referred to such Committees?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHI do not think there is a strong feeling that private Members' Bills should be referred to Standing Committees.