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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That Standing Order No. 80 (Deputy Speaker and Chairmen) be amended by adding at the end new paragraph (5), as follows:—
'(5) Any member of a Standing Committee may act as temporary Chairman of the Committee when requested by the Chairman of the Committee, provided that it shall not be for more than one quarter of an hour. Paragraph (5) of Standing Order No. 47 shall not apply when a temporary Chairman of Standing Committee is in the chair '."—[Mr. Arthur Greenwood.]
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§ Captain Crookshank (Gainsborough)I should like to express my appreciation of this Motion. The House will recollect that the Government withdrew their own proposed form of words in favour of the one which I had put on the Order Paper. I do not think the Motion is in the least necessary, as I think the Chairmen have, in fact, full authority to vacate the Chair when they want to. But I am obliged to the Government for accepting my form of words. It shows once more the value of an Opposition in this House.
§ Question put, and agreed to.