Footnote 182: See p. [63].[(Back)]
Footnote 183: In the days of Elizabeth the presiding official sat upon a sack actually filled with wool. He sits now, as a matter of fact, upon an ottoman, upholstered in red. But the ancient designation of the seat survives.[(Back)]
Footnote 184: The sum provided from the party funds was ordinarily £200 a year.[(Back)]
Footnote 185: On the privileges of the Commons see Anson, Law and Custom of the Constitution, I., 153-189; Lowell, Government of England, I., Chap. 11; Walpole, Electorate and Legislature, Chap. 5; Redlich, Procedure of the House of Commons, III., 42-50. A standard work in which the subject is dealt with at length is May, Treatise on the Law, Privileges, Proceedings, and Usage of Parliament, Chaps. 3-6.[(Back)]
Footnote 186: See p. [314].[(Back)]
Footnote 187: Parliament, [113-114].[(Back)]
Footnote 188: Ilbert, Parliament, 119. On the Commons' control of the Government see Lowell, Government of England, I., Chap. 17; Moran, English Government, Chap. 8; Low, The Governance of England, Chap. 5; Todd, Parliamentary Government, II., 164-185.[(Back)]
Footnote 189: Anson, Law and Custom of the Constitution, I., 362-366; Moran, English Government, 327-332.[(Back)]
Footnote 190: Lowell, Government of England, II., 465.[(Back)]
Footnote 191: When Parliament is in session the sittings of the law lords are held, as a rule, prior to the beginning of the regular sitting at 4.30 P.M.[(Back)]