Mr Robert Bourne
Former MP for Oxford
Former MP for Oxford
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No, Sir. I think these are ordinary Sessional Orders. These are not printed as a normal rule, but the information is required for the officers of the House, and also for the Select Committees on Procedure when they are set up. It is merely to authorise the Clerk of the House to keep up the information.
The effect of some of the Amendments is to increase the obligations of the promoters as to rendering accounts; the remainder are of a protective or drafting nature.
The Amendments consist of a protective Clause and two drafting Amendments.
Former MP for Oxford
Entered the House of Commons on 5 June 1924 — unknown
Left the House of Commons on 7 August 1938 — Died
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