OFFICE OF SPEAKER BILL.

HL Deb 31 July 1855 vol 139 c1558

EARL GRANVILLE

moved, to resolve, That as regards the Office of Speaker Bill, which provides for the Performance of certain Duties of the Speaker during his temporary Absence from the House of Commons, inasmuch as the House of Commons considers the Provisions of the said Bill necessary for the better Regulation of its own Proceedings, the Circumstances which render Legislation on the Subject Matter of the said Bill expedient are, in the Opinion of this House, of such Urgency as to render the immediate Consideration of the same necessary.

Agreed to; and Bill read 2^a (according to Order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.

House adjourned to Thursday next.