| 1. Parliamentary Procedure | —Executive. |
| 2. Departmental Reform | |
| 3. Indian Inquiries. (H. of C. Committee) | |
| 4. Education Inquiries. (Royal Commission) | |
| 5. Local Government | —Legislative. |
| 6. Land Laws | |
| 7. University (Ireland) Education | |
| 8. Codification of Criminal Law |
Parliamentary Procedure.
The following measures might be informally submitted to the leaders of parties in the House of Commons:—
A. The Resort to Autumn Sessions.—The session at present is too long and too short—too long for a consecutive session; too short for the decent and efficient transaction of executive, financial and legislative business.
If this is granted, the following reform suggests itself:—
That Parliament should meet not later than the first week in February, and, with the usual Easter and Whitsuntide holidays, should continue in session not later than the first week in August. That an adjournment should then take place to a period not later than the second week in October, and that the annual session should formally be brought to an end by prorogation not later than the first week in December.
B. The Alteration of Hours of Business.—That the House should meet four days in the week at 1 P.M., adjourn from 7 P.M., and rise at midnight.
C. Clôture.—That, in addition to existing regulations, it shall be within the right of the Minister to demand a division on the subject under discussion a quarter of an hour before the adjournment of or rising of the House.
D. Questions.—That the Speaker should appoint a Committee of three, not being Privy Councillors, who shall decide what questions can be answered in the House, and which in the votes; and that no question shall be put without notice, other than explanatory questions, except by the leave of the House on the demand of 100 members.
E. Adjournment, Motion for.—That the existing rule be altered, substituting the number 100 members for the present number 40.