§ House in Committee (according to Order).
§ EARL SPENCERI asked the noble Earl opposite (the Earl of Hopetoun) some questions the other day with regard to this Bill. I thought at the time that there did not appear to be much necessity for the Bill, but since then I have had an opportunity of consulting various persons, and I find that the fourteenth clause of the previous Act does not apply in the manner described by me, but merely gives the Admiralty power to relieve men altogether from the Reserve. Therefore I quite concur in the importance of making easier the terms under which Reservists are called out, and I am perfectly satisfied as to the necessity for this Bill.
§ Bill reported without amendment; Standing Committee negatived; and Bill to be read 3a To-morrow.
§ House adjourned at ten minutes past Five of the clock, till To-morrow, half-past ten of the clock.