HL Deb 08 July 1902 vol 110 cc1043-4

House in Committee (according to order.)

Amendments made.

THE EARL OF MAYO

I think I ought to explain that the Amendments which have been inserted on behalf of the Irish Office are simply verbal Amendments with the object of making the Bill easier to understand. I beg to move that the Standing Committee be negatived.

Moved, That the Standing Committee be negatived.—(The Earl of Mayo.)

THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (The Earl of MORLEY)

I should like to know why it is considered necessary to negative the Standing Committee in the case of this Bill. This is a long Bill and there have been a good many Amendments inserted. There is no special reason, so far as I can see, why the Bill should be exempted from the Standing Committee Stage.

THE EARL OF MAYO

My only object is to get the Bill through as quickly as possible. It has been already considerably delayed, and the sooner it is passed the better it will be for the country to which it applies.

EARL SPENCER

I certainly cannot support the Motion of the noble Earl to negative the Standing Committee. The Standing Committee is by no means slow in its proceedings, and the delay that would be caused by the Bill going to that Committee would be practically nil. I think it would be contrary to our general rule to negative the Standing Committee on a Bill of this sort.

Motion, by leave of the House, withdrawn.

Bill re-committed to the Standing Committee, and to be printed as amended. (No. 143.)