§ Mr. D. SmithI beg to present a Petition to this honourable House on behalf of Noel David Sleigh, esquire, a partner in the firm of Hatchett Jones and Company, solicitors for Chief Anthony Enahoro of Nigeria.
The Petition seeks the leave of the House to quote from certain volumes of HANSARD for the purposes of a Petition by Chief Enahoro for leave to appeal to the Appeals Committee of another place, and for any subsequent court proceedings concerned with Chief Enahoro's case. It asks for the necessary proof to be given by Officers of this House, and the Petition concludes with the following Prayer:
Wherefore your Petitioner prays that your Honourable House will be graciously pleased to give leave to your Petitioner to produce, upon the hearing of his said Petition by the Appeals Committee of the House of Lards, and upon the hearing of his appeal by the House of Lords if leave to appeal be granted, all numbers in the volumes of the said OFFICIAL REPORT appertaining to statements concerning the said decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and to give leave to the proper Officers of your Honourable House to give evidence on affidavit, to produce and prove all the same according to their competence.And Your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
§ Mr. SpeakerDoes the hon. Member wish to move that leave be given in the ordinary way?
§ Mr. D. SmithYes, Sir. I beg to move,
That leave be given to the proper Officers to produce documents and give evidence accordingly.
§ Question put, and agreed to.