HL Deb 01 August 1911 vol 9 c725

Moved, That a Commission be issued to take the examination upon oath, viva voce, of Sir William James Farrer, Knight, and that the Commission be attended by one counsel on the part of the Claimant and by one counsel on the part of the Crown for the purpose of subjecting the witness to cross-examination, and that the Commission be also attended by the shorthand writer of this House or his sufficient deputy; agreed to: Moved, That the Claimant do pay the expenses of the Commissioner, of the counsel attending on the part of the Crown, and of the shorthand writer or his deputy; agreed to: Moved, That the report be made to the House and the evidence be annexed to the report; agreed to: Moved, That Charles George Talbot-Ponsonby be appointed the Commissioner under the said Commission; agreed to.