§ [Mr. WHITLEY in the Chair.]
§ The CHAIRMANI think perhaps it will be convenient to the Committee if I indicate which of the earlier of the proposed new Clauses are in order. The first one, in the name of the hon. Member for Westmeath (Mr. Ginnell), which proposes that, "After the passing of this Act no Irish peer can be entitled to sit or vote in the House of Lords," I have had considerable doubt if it comes within the scope of the Bill, but the doubt which I entertained has not been entirely resolved, and I propose to give the hon. Member the benefit of that doubt. The next new Clause standing on the Paper in the name of the same hon. Member is clearly outside the scope of the Bill. A further Amendment in the name of the hon. and learned Member for West St. Pancras (Mr. Martin) deals with a matter that has already been decided under the Bill. The next new Clause, in the name of the hon. Member for the West Derby Division of Liverpool (Mr. Watson Rurtherford) is in order. The next two are out of order. The one in the name of the Noble Lord the Member for Perthshire (Marquess of Tulli-bardine) is in order, and also the following one in the name of the hon. Member for Woodstock (Mr. Hamersley).