HC Deb 18 May 1914 vol 62 c1553
Mr. VAUGHAN-DAVIES

I beg to move, "That so much of Standing Order 91 as fixes Five as the quorum of the Select Committee on Standing Orders be read and suspended:

That, for the remainder of the Session, Three be the quorum of the Committee."

Mr. JAMES HOGGE

I wish to ask why this should be done in this case, and not in the case of other Committees which are unable to get a quorum? Why should not the Chairman of Ways and Means fix the quorum in those cases at such a figure as would enable us to get on with our business?

The CHAIRMAN of WAYS and MEANS

The Chairman of Ways and Means has nothing to do with that.

Question put, and agreed to.