HC Deb 11 December 1919 vol 122 cc1633-5

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Order [2nd December] for committing the Public Libraries Bill to a Standing Committee be read, and discharged, and that the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House for this day:"—[Lord B. Talbot.]

Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS

Before the Question is put, may I ask my Noble Friend if you, Sir, have not already allotted this Bill to one of the Standing Committees; whether a special meeting of the Selection Committee had to be called to set up the Committee and a special meeting of the Chairmen's Panel called to allot a Chairman to this Bill; and whether in future my Noble Friend will kindly see that this inconvenience is not repeated?

Lord EDMUND TALBOT (Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)

I am very sorry if any inconvenience was caused to my hon. Friend or to anybody else, but I am afraid it was an oversight. The Bill should not have been sent to a Standing Committee, but should have been committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Question put, and agreed to.