Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at on 4 July 1924.
Mr John Whitley
, Halifax
I do not think recommittal would make any difference one way or the other. This Bill as it was introduced had a wide Title but a narrow body. The Committee, quite properly I think, changed the Title to fit the Bill, and we are bound in the House at this stage by the Bill as it comes to us from the Committee. Standing Order No. 41 was quoted to me and I would quite accept the suggestion of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Central Sheffield (Mr. Hope) on Standing Order No. 41 with this addition, that nothing can be proposed at this stage which could not have been proposed in the Committee if the Title of the Bill had been what the Title is now. I think that is the correct way of looking at it. I certainly shall not entertain Amendments at this stage which would widen the Bill beyond the Title as it now stands.