§ Mr. HOGGEMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman if the notice to suspend the Eleven o'Clock Rule means that it is really intended to act beyond eleven o'clock, if necessary, or whether it is simply a, precaution in connection with the business of the Session? After all, it is difficult to sit late at present.
§ Mr. BONAR LAWI certainly would not have put down the Motion if it were not my intention, in certain circumstances, to sit after eleven o'clock, but we have no intention or desire to sit late, and this is only done because there is so much business to be got through in the short period of the Session that remains that every effort must be made to dispose of it.
§ Mr. LEIF JONESIs it hoped to finish the Non-Ferrous Metal Bill to-night?
§ Mr. BONAR LAWNo. It is exactly as I have said. We have very little time left, and we must make the best use of it.
Ordered, "That the proceedings on the Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Bill, if under discussion at eleven of the clock this night, be not interrupted under the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Bonar Law.]