§ (2) The Council of Ireland shall in the first instance consist of a person appointed by His Majesty, who shall be President, twenty persons, of whom not less than ten shall be Members of the House of Commons of Southern Ireland chosen by that House in such manner as that House may determine, and twenty persons, of whom not less than ten shall be Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland chosen by that House in such manner as that House may determine, and the appointment of Members of the Council of Ireland shall be the first business of the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and of Northern Ireland.
§ A Member of the Council appointed by the House of Commons of Southern Ireland or Northern Ireland shall, on ceasing to be a Member of that House, cease to be a Member of the Council:
§ Provided that on the dissolution of the Parliament of Southern Ireland or Northern Ireland the persons who are Members of the Council appointed by the House of Commons of that Parliament shall continue to hold office as Members of the Council until the date of the first meeting of the new Parliament.
§ The Council may act notwithstanding a vacancy in their number, and the quorum 894 of the Council shall be fifteen; subject as aforesaid the Council may regulate their own procedure including the delegation of powers to committees.
§ Sir L. WORTHINGTON-EVANSI beg to move, in Sub-section (2), after the word "Parliament" ["first meeting of the new Parliament"], to insert the words "The first meeting of the Council shall be held at such time and place as may be appointed by the Lord Lieutenant."
This is an Amendment to remedy an omission. In the Bill as printed there is no statement as to when the first meeting of the Irish Council shall be called, or by whom it shall be called. The Amendment provides that the Lord Lieutenant shall fix the time and place for the first meeting of the Irish Council. It is really a formal Amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.