HC Deb 02 May 1902 vol 107 cc593-4

Standing Order No. 16 read as followeth :—

That on Tuesdays and Fridays, and, if set down by the Government, on Mondays and Thursdays, Motions for leave to bring in Bills, and for the nomination of Select Committees, may be set down for consideration at the commencement of public business. If such Motions be opposed, Mr. Speaker, after permitting, if he thinks fit, a brief explanatory statement from the Member who moves and from the Member who opposes any such Motion respectively, may, without further debate, put the Question thereon, or the Question that the debate be now adjourned.

Amendment made to the Standing Order— In line 1, by leaving out the word 'Fridays,' and inserting the word 'Wednesdays.' "—(Mr. A. J. Balfour.)

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I do not now move the Resolution on the Paper making these amended Rules Standing Orders of the House.