HC Deb 10 March 1897 vol 47 c381

Ordered, That the Select Committee on Divorce Bills do consist of the following members:—Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Atkinson, Mr. John Blair Balfour, Mr. Hemphill, Sir Frank Lockwood, The Lord Advocate, Sir Robert Reid, Mr. Solicitor General, and Mr. Wodehouse.—(Sir William Walrond.)

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to request that their Lordships will be pleased to communicate to this House Copies of the Minutes of Evidence and Proceedings, together with the Documents deposited in the case of Thompson's Divorce Bill [Lords].—(Sir William Walrond.)

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills that they do hear Counsel and examine Witnesses for Thompson's Divorce Bill [Lords], and also that they do hear Counsel and examine Witnesses against the Bill, if the parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counsel and produce Witnesses.—(Sir William Walrond.)