§ Mr. BOOTHMr. Speaker, I wish to draw your attention to a copy of the Votes and Proceedings distributed among Members this morning, and to point out that five Amendments were made to Clause 32 of the Insurance Bill which are not named in those Votes. They consist of an Amendment which was suggested by the hon. Member for St. Pancras, one by the hon. Member for Pontefract, one by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, another one by the hon. Member for St. Pancras to omit paragraph (c), leaving out three lines, and a further one to omit Sub-section (2) from the Clause, leaving out twenty-three lines. Then, I think, an hon. Member complained that the Clause was truncated. Further, I find that there is no reference whatever to Clause 33, which was added to the Bill in Committee yesterday. I would like to ask you, Sir, what is the explanation.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe explanation is a very simple one, and one that I have given before. It is this: that the hon. Member must not look at the Votes and Proceedings as being a record of what is done in Committee. If the hon. Member wants to know what is done in Committee, the Bill, which is always to be found at the Table of the House, is the record. The Votes and Proceedings refer only to those cases in which divisions take place. No record is kept in the Votes and Proceedings of the different Amendments made or rejected.
§ Mr. BOOTHWith all deference, the reason I raise the point is that the first Amendment on which no vote was taken is recorded.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe reason of that is because the Committee started work on that, and that is what is commonly known as the "tag" from the day before. It shows the point at which the Committee resumed its deliberations, and that is the reason why it is given.