conference between house parliament 1835 The Marquess of Westmeath said, the subject to which he was about to call their Lords
The Marquess of Westmeath said, the subject to which he was about to call their Lordships' attention was one of considerable interest, which he hoped would be received as an apology for his adverting to it. There had been laid on the Table of the other House a return of all Bills, that had been sent up by the Commons to their Lordships' House, and dropped there. The hon. Gentleman who called for this return did assign any reason for making this Motion, and therefore, as the matter now stood, it would go out to the public as a fact that all the Bills mentioned in that return had been defeated, and that their Lordships had unnecessarily and improperly retarded the business of Parliament. Now, this was contrary to the fact. The return to which he alluded contained the titles of fifty-one Bills. He had investigated the matter, and he found, on looking into their Lordships' votes, that, with the exception of sixteen of these Bills, all had made progress; many of them had passed, some had received, and others were waiting for, the Royal Assent. He would further state, that there was not one of these sixteen Bills, the loss or delay of which could not be satisfactorily accounted for. Some of those Bills had been in the House since the commencement of the Session; and as nobody had thought proper to take them up, they remained as 1395 they were. No noble Lord could force a Bill through the House without stating the reason of its introduction, and the grounds on which it proceeded. It was not his intention to read the titles of all the Bills included in this return which had absolutely passed. It would be a waste of their Lordships' time, as their Lordships must be perfectly cognizant of the fact. One of the Bills mentioned in this return was the Great Western Railway Bill, which, at the time the return was moved for, was under consideration, and had since received the Royal Assent. There was also a Bill of considerable importance to the metropolis, he meant the Sale of Br
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