§ SIR W. HARCOURTsaid it was found convenient last Session that motions should not be taken by Ballot in the House, but that they should be taken in a Committee Room. The original arrangement was not found exactly to suit the convenience of all Members, and afterwards it was subjected to a modification which he believed was found to have given general satisfaction. He therefore now gave notice that on Wednesday, at the commencement of Business, he would move:—
That all Members who desire to ballot, whether for Bills or motions, for the first four Tuesdays of the Session do hand in their names at the Table during the Sittings on Tuesday and Wednesday, and that a copy of such notices be handed in at the latest during the Sitting of the House on Thursday, and that no Bills other than Government Bills be introduced in anticipation of the Ballot; and that the Ballot for Bills and motions be taken on Thursday at noon in Grand Committee Rooms Numbers 10 and 11.