It is with regret, Sir, that I find myself not in a position to support this particular motion with regard to the reform of the Constitution, which motion has been moved very fair­ly and very reasonably as all these motions have been moved by my hon. Friend the Member for Horana. The party to which I happen to belong decided, after well nigh a year's trial with the Committee system, that in all the circumstances of the case we were in favour of the continu­ance of the Committee system as it exists under the Donoughmore Constitution at present. There was a sug­gestion made with regard to a change in the method of the election of Ministers alone. Unfortunately, I find that the decision of the Ceylon National Congress I cannot embody in the form of an amendment to the motion: it will have to form the subject-matter of a separate motion. I am, there­fore, in the position of being under the necessity of opposing entirely the motion which has been placed before the House by the hon. Member for Horana.

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