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On the days appointed for concluding the business of Supply, the
consideration of that business shall not be anticipated by a Motion of
Adjournment, and no dilatory Motion shall be moved on proceedings for
that business.
Any additional Estimate for any new service or matter not included
in the original Estimates for the year, shall be submitted for consideration
in the Committee of Supply on some day not later than Two days before
the Committee is closed."
For the purposes of this Order two Fridays shall be deemed equivalent
to a single day of two Sittings.-(Mr. A. J. Balfour.)
Question, as amended, again proposed.
Mr. Channing (Northamptonshire, E.)
Amendment proposed—
"In line 35, to leave out from the word 'Report' to the word
On' in line 53."-(Mr. Channing.)
Question proposed, "That the words At Ten of the clock on the last day
but one of the days so allotted the Chairman shall forthwith put every
question necessary to dispose of the' stand part of the Question."
The First Lord of the Treasury (Mr. A. J. Balfour, Manchester, E.)
Mr. Lough (Islington, W.)
Mr. Gibson Bowles (Lynn Regis)
Mr. McKenna (Monmouthshire, N.)
Mr. Chaplin (Lin olnshire, Sleaford)
Mr. Lambert (Deronshire, South Molton)
Mr. Flynn (Cork Co., N.)
Mr. Dillon (Mayo, E.)
Mr. Power (Waterford, E.)
Mr. Bryce (Aberdeenshire, S.)
Question put.
The House divided:-Ayes, 221; Noes, 158. (Division List No. 138.)
Mr. Gibson Bowles ...
Amendment proposed-
"In line 45, after the word 'day,' to insert the words 'not being
earlier than the twentieth of the allotted days.'"-(Mr. Gibson Bowles.)
Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted."
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The Amendment, as originally proposed, was, by leave, withdrawn, and the
following Amendment made-
"In line 45, by leaving out the words 'allotted day,' and inserting
the words 'not being earlier than the twentieth of the allotted days.'
Mr. Clancy (Dublin Co., N.)
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"In line 53 to leave out from the words 'On the' to the word
'business," in line 56, both inclusive."-(Mr. Clancy.)
Question proposed, "That the words 'On the days appointed for con-
cluding the business of Supply' stand part of the Question."
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The House divided:-Ayes, 250; Noes, 138. (Division List No. 139.)
"In line 56, after the word 'business,' by inserting the words
'and the business shall not be interrupted under any Standing
Order.'"
Mr. Gibson Bowles...
Amendment proposed--
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"In line 57, to leave out the words 'service or.'”—(Mr. Gibson
Bowles.)
Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part
of the Question."
Mr. Dillon ...
Mr. A. J. Balfour
Question put and negatived.
"In line 61, to leave out the word 'Fridays,' and insert the words
'days of one sitting.'"-(Mr. Gibson Bowles.)
Question proposed, "That the word 'Fridays' stand part of the Question."
The House divided :-Ayes, 222; Noes, 138. (Division List No. 140.)
The new Standing Order (Business in Supply), as finally adopted, is as
follows:-
"That, as soon as the Committee of Supply has been appointed and Estimates
have been presented, the business of Supply shall, until disposed of, be the first
Order of the day on Thursday, unless the House otherwise order on the Motion of
a Minister of the Crown, moved at the commencement of public business, to be
decided without Amendment or debate.
"Not more than twenty days, being days before the 5th of August, shall
be allotted for the consideration of the annual Estimates for the Army, Navy, and
Civil Services, including Votes on Account. The days allotted shall not include
any day on which the Question has to be put that the Speaker do leave the
Chair, or any day on which the business of Supply does not stand as first Order.
Provided that the days occupied by the consideration of Estimates supple-
mentary to those of a previous session, or of any Vote of Credit, or of Votes for
supplementary or additional Estimates presented by the Government for war
expenditure, or for any new service not included in the ordinary Estimates for the
year, shall not be included in the computation of the twenty days aforesaid.
"Provided also that, on Motion made after notice, to be decided without
Amendment or Debate, additional time, not exceeding three days, may be allotted
for the purposes aforesaid, either before or after the 5th of August.
"On a day so allotted, no business other than business of Supply shall
be taken before midnight, and no business in Committee or proceedings on Report of
Supply shall be taken after midnight, whether a general Order for the suspension
of the Twelve o'clock Rule is in force or not, unless the House otherwise order on
the Motion of a Minister of the Crown, moved at the commencement of public
business, to be decided without Amendment or Debate.
"Of the days so allotted, not more than one day in Committee shall be allotted
to any Vote on Account, and not more than one sitting to the Report of
that Vote. At midnight on the close of the day on which the Committee on that
Vote is taken, and at the close of the sitting on which the Report of that lote is
taken, the Chairman of Committees or the Speaker, as the case may be, shall forth-
with put every Question necessary to dispose of the Vote or the Report.
"At Ten of the clock on the last day but one of the days so allotted the
Chairman shall forthwith put the Question necessary to dispose of the Vote then
under consideration, and shall then forthwith put the Question with respect to
each class of the Civil Service Estimates that the total amount of the Votes out-
standing in that class be granted for the services defined in the class, and shail
in like manner put severally the Questions that the total amounts of the Votes
outstanding in the Estimates for the Navy, the Army, and the Revenne Depart-
ments be granted for the services defined in those Estimates.
"At Ten of the clock on the last, not being earlier than the twentieth of the
allotted days, the Speaker shall forthwith put every Question necessary to dispose of
the Report of the Resolution then under consideration, and shall then forthwith
put, with respect to each class of the Civil Service Estimates, the Question, That
the House doth agree with the Committee in all the outstanding Resolutions
reported in respect of that class, and shall then put a like Question with respect
to all the Resolutions outstanding in the Estimates of the Navy, the Army, the
Revenue Departments, and other outstanding Resolutions severally.
"On the days appointed for concluding the business of Supply, the consider-
ation of that business shall not be anticipated by a Motion of adjournment,
and no dilatory Motion shall be moved on proceedings for that business, and
the business shall not be interrupted under any Standing Order.
"Any additional Estimate for any new matter not included in the original
Estimate for the year shall be submitted for consideration in the Committee of
Supply on some day not later than Two days before the Committee is closed.
"For the purposes of this Order, two Fridays shall be deemed equivalent to
a single day of two sittings."
QUESTION TO MEMBERS.-Standing Order No. 20 read as followeth :-
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"That notices of Questions be given by Members in writing to the
Clerk at the Table, without reading them viva vore in the House, unless the
consent of the Speaker to any particular Question has been previously
obtained."
Mr. A. J. Balfour ..
"At the end of the Standing Order to add the words ---
'On days when there are two sittings of the House, Questions
shall be taken at a quarter past Two of the clock. No Questions shall
be taken after five minutes before Three of the clock, except Questions
which have not been answered in consequence of the absence of the
Minister to whom they are addressed, and Questions which have not
appeared on the Paper, but which are of an urgent character, and
relate either to matters of public importance or to the arrangement of
business.
Any Member who desires an oral answer to his Question may
distinguish it by an asterisk, but notice of any such Question must
appear at latest on the Notice Paper circulated on the day before that
on which an answer is desired.
If any Member does not distinguish his Question by an asterisk,
or if he is not present to ask it, or if it is not reached by five minutes
before Three of the clock, the Minister to whom it is addressed shall
cause an answer to be printed and circulated with the Votes, unless
the Minister has consented to the postponement of the Question.
'Questions distinguished by an asterisk shall be so arranged on
the Paper that those which seem of the greatest general interest shall
be reached before five minutes before Three of the clock.'"-(Mr. A. J.
Balfour.)
"In line 2, to leave out the words, 'at a quarter past Two of the
clock,' and insert the words 'when the Speaker do take the Chair.'".
(Mr. Galloway.)
Question proposed, "That the word 'at' stand part of the proposed
Amendment."
Mr. Charles Hobhouse
The Secretary to the Local Government Board (Mr. Grant Lawson, Yorkshire,
N.R., Thirsk)
Mr. Gibson Bowles
The House divided:-Ayes, 199; Noes, 111. (Division List No. 141.)
Amendment proposed to the proposed Amendment-
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"In line 2, after the word 'clock,' to insert the words and on
days when there is one sitting at Twelve of the clock.'”—(Mr. Gibson
"In line 2, after the word 'clock,' to insert the words 'or at the
conclusion of private business, if any be set down for that day."
(Mr. Gibson Bowles.)
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