HC Deb 22 March 1897 vol 47 c1162

The council of a county or borough may, at the request and for the purposes of one or more Volunteer corps, purchase, erect, alter, or enlarge any building, or construct, alter, or enlarge any permanent work, or aid in the purchase, erection, construction, alteration, or enlargement of any such building or work.

MR. BRODRICK

said the Bill was extremely urgent, and, as there was no difference of opinion as to its merits, he trusted, in the interest of Volunteering, the Committee would allow it to go, through.

MR. PATRICK M'HUGH (Leitrim, N.)

moved, "That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again."

MR. BRODRICK

appealed to the hon. Member not to persist in his Motion, as the whole House was agreed as to the necessity and urgency of the Bill.

MR. PATRICK M'HUGH

I mean to persist with my Motion. [Ministerial cries of "Oh!"]

Question, "That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again," put, and agreed to.

Committee report Progress; to sit again To-morrow.