§ 10.18 p.m.
§ Dr. Oonagh McDonald (Thurrock)With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to present a petition from David Frederick Charlton, who seeks leave, in accordance with the practices and principles of our procedure and precedents, to quote in connection with an action that is before the court certain written answers to questions.
The petition is lengthy. The House might consider it adequate if I supplement the brief but, I hope, clear description that I have given of its contents by reading only the last substantive paragraph of the petition. It states:
Wherefore your petitioner humbly prays that your Honourable House will be graciously pleased to give leave for reference to be made to the said reports and transcripts and to the proper Officers of the House to attend the hearing and formally to produce and to prove the same according to their competence.And you Petitioner, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
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Ordered,
That leave be given for reference to be made to the said Reports of Debate and Reports and for the proper Officers of this House to attend the trial of the said action and formally to produce and to prove the same according to their competence.—[Dr. McDonald.]