Clause 1. — (Application of Part I.)

Part of Orders of the Day — Commonwealth Immigrants Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 December 1961.

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Photo of Mr William Williams Mr William Williams , Manchester Openshaw 12:00, 6 December 1961

Perhaps I may interrupt the hon. Gentleman, because he is not travelling the same road as I am. What I said was, of course, that the purpose of putting down Amendments to a Bill was to have specific debates on specific subjects. I was not talking about the division of the Amendments that we are now considering and taking a number of them together. What I was saying was that the purpose of putting down Amendments to a Bill is to have tidy debates on specific issues. I think that my Ruling is a perfectly sound one.