§ Mr. William Hamling (Woolwich, West)I beg to present a Petition to the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled.
The humble Petition of John Montgomerie, partner in the firm of Goodman Derrick and Company, Solicitors, sheweth
That the Right Hon. George Edward Cecil Wigg, a Member of this House, is Plaintiff in an action for libel against The Spectator Limited, the Defendant in the said action, 2660 instituted in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.And that it may be material in the said action for evidence to be given by the said Hon. Member of or touching statements made in the course of debates which have taken place in your Honourable House as well as of matters arising out of or connected with the subject-matter of the said statements or any of them.Wherefore your Petitioner prays that the leave of your Honourable House may be given to the said George Edward Cecil Wigg to give evidence of or touching any statements made in the course of any debates which have taken place in your Honourable House and of any matters arising out of or connected with the subject-matter of the said statements or any of them so far as the same may be held by the High Court of Justice to be relevant to and admissible in the said action.And your Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
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I beg to move,
That leave be given to the said Member to attend and give evidence accordingly.
§ Question put and agreed to.