is quite possible if a Minister is appointed between the end of one Session and the beginning of another Session, that the Speaker may in the vacation, while Parliament is not sitting, issue his writ and an election may proceed. I have some reason to remember that 1762 because it happened to me. It is not possible for a by-election to take place between the end of one Parliament and the beginning of another, because none of the machinery to secure a by-election is in existence. I suppose that would be so, and therefore we are safe from that danger. I am bound to say that I most strongly support the Amendment, because I really cannot see that the right hon. Gentleman has given any reason why these words should be retained in the Clause. He merely said that he was advised. Who advised him, and on what ground was the advice given? Surely there was some reason for the advice, and it might be communicated to the Committee. The fewer the words that are introduced in an Act of Parliament the better, unless they have some real meaning and intention. I fail to understand what is the meaning of these words. I understood the right hon. Gentleman to say that as a matter of drafting the words may be left in or omitted. As a matter of principle we have always adopted the practice of not inserting words unless they are necessary. I do not know that the Clause