§ MR. JOHN MORLEY (Montrose Burghs)To ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether he proposes to take any action to vindicate the right of the House to receive immediate reports of the withdrawal by a sentence of a Court of Law of any Member from the service of the House.
(Answered by Mr. A. J. Balfour.) The practice is for a communication to be made to the Speaker when the Member is committed to prison, bail not being allowed. I understand that there has in fact been no infraction of this custom.