MR. FIELDI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he is aware that on a Privilege Motion which took place on Tuesday last 112 directors, holding between them 271 directorships, voted as members of this House to allow the vote of a director on a Motion directly concerning his company; and whether he will cause a list of those so voting to be laid upon the Table?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYI have no means of checking or verifying the statement of the honourable Gentleman; but, even if it be true, I see no reason at all why the honourable Gentlemen in question should not have recorded their votes in the Division referred to.