Sir G. HAMILTONMay I put to you, Mr. Speaker, a small point of Order? I should like to ask your ruling as to whether, when a Question is handed in at the Table and disallowed by the Clerks at the Table, the Member who hands in that Question should not receive immediate notification, so that he can reconsider his Question, if necessary?
§ Mr. R. RICHARDSONMay I put to you, Sir, a further question on the same lines, namely, why a certain Question has not appeared on the Order Paper? The Question to which I refer appears as having been received, and the Minister to whom I addressed it asked me to postpone it until to-day, but it has not appeared on the Order Paper either yesterday or to-day.
Mr. SPEAKERI am afraid that I cannot answer the last question without notice. With regard to the first question, it is the practice at the Table to send a card to an hon. Member whose Question is not in order, so that he may have an opportunity of putting it right. It does not, however, always happen that Members are in the House at the time, and they may not, therefore, always receive the notification as promptly as they might desire.
Sir G. HAMILTONMay I say that I actually approached the Table yesterday about my Question, but I have not received any notice yet, although I have never left the House?
§ Mr. RICHARDSONMay I say that I would be quite satisfied arrangements could be made for the answer to my Question to appear in the OFFICIAL REPORT.