MR. T. M. HEALYsaid that he could only regret that the promise of the right hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury to explain the nature of the Bills to be dealt with had not been kept. The course of proceeding adopted by the hon. and learned Gentleman the Attorney General in making this Motion without a word of explanation was most unusual, but he supposed that that was the kind of thing that hon. Members had to expect after the Closure Resolution had been forced through that House by the majority at the back of the right hon. Gentleman the Leader of the House. The right hon. Gentleman, however, would find that such a course of procedure would not facilitate the transaction of business.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYsaid that he had no desire to rush the Bill through the House, and if it were thought desirable to do so he would not resist a Motion for the Adjournment of the discussion on the Bill.
§ Question agreed to.
§ Debate to be resumed to-morrow.