Before moving for leave to introduce the Constitution (Amendment No. 6) Bill, 1927, I would say that I am to a large extent consulting the convenience of the House in asking for permission to introduce this Bill without notice. It would be open to me to move, at the conclusion of the business to-day, that the House adjourn until three o'clock to-morrow, having given notice to-day of my intention to move for permission to-morrow to introduce this Bill. That, I understand, would not meet with the convenience of many Deputies, and it was with a view to meeting their convenience as far as was possible that I put this Bill down for consideration to-day. I would ask the House to give the requisite permission to introduce this Bill in the light of these circumstances, that it meets with the convenience of many more members than the other course would, and that no more information would be available to Deputies at three o'clock to-morrow than is available to-day. I therefore move for permission to introduce a Bill entitled
"An Act to amend the Constitution by confining the rights of demanding the suspension of a Bill conferred on members of the Oireachtas by Article 47 to those members who have taken the Oath pursuant to Article 17 and by deleting the provisions relating to the initiation by the people of proposals for laws or constitutional amendments."
