MR. CARVELL WILLIAMS (Notts, Mansfield)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, having regard to the fact that the St. Marylebone Church Bill was passed by an Unopposed Bill Committee, notwithstanding that two notices of Instructions had by order of the House been set down for consideration on a given day, he will consider the expediency of proposing such an alteration in the Rules and Orders of the House as will prevent the recurrence of such a proceeding?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYI cannot make any pledge with regard to modifying the Standing Orders in this matter. If the question is to be reviewed by Parliament the abuses connected with the putting down of Instructions will have to be considered as well as the particular defect which the honourable Member finds in our existing procedure.