HL Deb 17 July 1947 vol 150 cc1001-2

Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Special Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that in their opinion the Order raised no important questions of policy or principle other than those which have been accepted already by the House when passing the Parliamentary Electors (War-Time Registration) Acts, 1943–44, the Representation of the People Act, 1945, and the Electors and Jurors Act, 1945, under which the Order is submitted for approval; that the Order is founded on precedent; and that in the opinion of the Committee the Order can be passed by the House without special attention, and that no further inquiry is necessary before the House proceeds to a decision on the Resolution to approve the said Order: Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.