§ THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURYMy Lords, I believe that the noble and learned Lord, the Leader of the House, has a communication to make to us regarding the order of proceedings in reference to the Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Bill.
§ THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (LORD PARMOOR)My Lords, I understand from information that I have received that the Message sent down from your Lordships' House will be considered by the House of Commons this evening and a conclusion arrived at, and I think it would be desirable that we, in our turn, should consider that conclusion to-morrow. I think the only difficulty that arises concerns the possibility of keeping people here rather late. I hope that your Lordships will not object to the absence of printed material. I will give Notice to-night and this I think will be sufficient without keeping people here to-night to what might be a very late hour. If that is so, we will take the Bill to-morrow after the other business—that is, after the Motion and Question standing in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Onslow.
§ THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURYMy Lords, so far as I am concerned I need not say that I am quite sure that none of my noble friends sitting on this side of the House will raise any difficulties at all as to the time at which the debate comes on. I have no desire, of course, to adopt the rather foolish proceeding of keeping people here in order to receive a form in the middle of the night. That is unnecessary. It seems to me that there might be some inconvenience in not taking the question of the Commons proceedings upon the Lords Amendments as the first Order, but I do not know how that would be done except by leave of 408 your Lordships to-morrow. We cannot give any Notice of it, for the matter is no longer in your Lordships' House.
§ LORD PARMOORI do not think that there will be any trouble about that. I think the discussion that will be raised by the noble Earl, Lord Onslow, is not likely to take a long time, and I very much dislike any idea of displacing it.
THE EARL OF ONSLOWMy Lords, I do not know about that. There are several noble Lords who want to speak. It may take a little time.
§ LORD PARMOORI still think that we can manage without displacing the noble Earl's Motion. I should think a notice could be sent out to-night to the effect that the consideration of the Commons Amendments to the Lords Amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Bill will be taken to-morrow in the event of the Bill being received from the Commons.
§ THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURYI make no difficulty whatever, of course, but I think perhaps it might be possible to arrange privately that noble Lords having Notices on the Paper should allow this matter to have precedence. Perhaps the noble and learned Lord will leave that to me.
§ LORD PARMOORI thank the noble Marquess. I know that he and the noble Earl are always most kind in making arrangements for the convenience of the House. If what the noble Marquess says can be arranged, we will take the business in that order.