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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a Select Committee be appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in superintending the form and regulating the Distribution of Parliamentary Papers."—(Sir Herbert Maxwell.)
§ Mr. H. H. FOWLERI would just like to ask whether the Committee is to report on the mode of distribution? I think the House should decide how Papers should be distributed. I do not think the mode adopted last year was satisfactory; it was by no means an improvement on the system of a short list and a long list. I think we ought to have some explanation of what is intended.
§ A LORD OF THE TREASURY (Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Wigton)Last year there was a general and almost an unanimous expression of opinion in favour of some alteration in the distribution. It is to be observed the Committee is not only to regulate the distribution of Papers, but also to take practical part in the control of the form and expense of Papers in consultation with the Controller of the Stationery Department and the Librarian.
Objection being taken to further proceeding, the debate stood adjourned.