THE LORD PRIVY SEAL AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (THE MARQUESS OF CREWE)As your Lordships are aware, the House of Commons is engaged in considering the Amendments made to various Bills by your Lordships' House. It is quite possible 1500 that they will complete their labours within a comparatively short time, but as a certain degree of uncertainty must always attach to what occurs in the course of debate in either House, I think it would be for the convenience of your Lordships if we considered the Commons Reasons for not accepting, or their acceptance of, the various Amendments to-morrow instead of attempting to adjourn now and to meet later to-day. If this meets the convenience of the House I would move that we adjourn until twelve o'clock noon to-morrow, except for Judicial business, as I understand that my noble and learned friend on the Woolsack desires the House to meet earlier on that account.
§ Moved, That the House do adjourn, except for Judicial business, until twelve o'clock noon to-morrow.—(The Marquess of Crewe.)
§ THE EARL OF SELBORNEWould it be possible to have the Commons Reasons in the case of these Amendments circulated to-night?
THE MARQUESS OF CREWEThough it would hardly be possible to circulate the Commons Reasons by post to-night, they could be circulated, I understand, by the first post to-morrow morning.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House adjourned at ten minutes before Five o'clock, till To-morrow, half-past Ten o'clock.