HC Deb 22 April 1964 vol 693 cc1273-4

Motion made, and Question proposed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for Winchester in the room of Peter Henry Berry Otway Smithers, esquire, who since his election for the said Constituency, hath accepted the Office of Steward Bailiff of Her Majesty's Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Burnham, in the County of Buckingham.—[Mr. Redmayne.]

Mr. Arthur Holt (Bolton, West)

Mr. Speaker, I should like to raise a point on these Writs. May I raise it now or after Question Time?

Mr. Speaker

The problem at the moment is this. Does the hon. Gentleman desire to oppose the Motion? If so, the matter would have to be moved again at half-past three.

Mr. Holt

Only technically. I wish to discuss the context in which these Writs are moved and what is left out.

Mr. Speaker

The hon. Gentleman will have to answer my question. Does he wish to oppose the Motion or no?

Mr. Holt

I oppose it.

Mr. Speaker

The hon. Gentleman is too late to do it in relation to the other Writs, but as regards this one the matter will have to be moved again at half-past three.

Motion, by leave, withdrawn.