QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. [To rue Servos or
sass "Sercraroa."1
Sut,—The cartoon in last week's Punch drew attention to the advantages accruing to the enemy front questions and supple- mentary questions asked in Parliament; there is another, though lees serious, injury in the declining respect felt by the country for the House of Commons. And if the House of Commons is asked to curb the energies of the handful of its members who are our worst enemies, we shall hear much as to liberty of speech, responsi- bility to constituents, and rights of minorities. Much of this kind of argument is insincere and more of it futile. Society cold not exist without due restraint of the individual; and nt a time when all of us are limited by rule if we wish to eat, to drink, to hey, to sell, or to travel, it is worth considering whether the country and the House of-Commons would not gain by more limitation of the power to ask questions.—I am, Sir, &c., JAMES MscLsuoir.
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