788 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Dr. Ambedkar : I have no objection.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: I thought the Hon. Minister who is the sponsor of the Bill will make the motion.
Dr. Ambedkar : That is a difficult matter for me at this stage. If the House appoints a Select Committee, surely Government will take the necessary steps to put the measure through.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: Considering the peculiar circumstances of this House, the House does not seem to be in favour of discharging the Select Committee and an oral motion has been made for extension of time by one of the hon. Members. I would like this motion to be made by the Hon. Minister himself.
Dr. Ambedkar : I do not know whether I can do that. It is not for me to make any motion.
Mr. Deputy Speaker: He is the sponsor of the Bill. Therefore, he has to make the motion. Just a minute. The time does not expire today. The Select Committee can report up to the 1st. Therefore, in due course the Hon. Minister may make a motion for extending the time up to the 6th. He is now aware that the house is generally in favour of continuing the Select Committee. That disposes of this particular matter.
So far as other matters are concerned. I would ask hon. Members to refer to rule 7o. It is true that hon. Members are on various Select Committees, and with sessions in the morning and evening the Select Committees will have to sit while the House is in session. Rule 70 says that Select Committees may sit whilst the House is sitting, provided that on a division bell being rung the Chairman of the Committee shall suspend the proceedings of the Committee for such time as will in his opinion enable Members to vote on the division. I understand this is the practice in the House of Commons also. Hon. Members want many matters to be referred to Select Committees. On one hand there is this desire and on the other there is a desire to say ‘ We are called in the Select Committee’. My remarks yesterday did not apply to