§ MR. CHIOZZA MONEYI beg to ask the Prime Minister if his attention has been directed to the lax attendance of the Members of Standing Committees; whether he is aware that, while those 1080 Committees each consist, of over eighty Members, the attendance at each of them frequently falls to thirty Members or less; and whether, in view of the fact that four such Committees are now created, to be charged with work of increased importance, he will, in the interests of efficiency, ask the House to consent to a new Standing Order ruling that any Member of a Grand Committee who is absent from his duties on two consecutive occasions without good cause shall forthwith be discharged from the Committee and another Member appointed in his place by the Committee of Selection.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI am not aware that the facts are as stated, but if the hon. Member will read the new Standing Orders he will see that the discharge of Members for non-attendance is provided for.