§ SIR HENRY HOAREasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, taking into account that the Parks Bill has created so much excitement out-of-doors, and that the right hon. Gentleman is at present unable to receive an important deputation on the subject, he will not postpone the further consideration of the Bill to some day later than Thursday week?
MR. SCOURFIELDasked, Whether the right hon. Gentleman could give the House any information as to the probable Order of Business after the Recess?
MR. GLADSTONEsaid, that he was not insensible to the excitement in regard to the Parks Bill, nor to the necessity of his receiving important deputations; but he saw in these no reason for any further postponing the progress of the measure. He would now state, as far as he was at present capable of judging, what would be the course of Business on the meeting of the House after the Easter holidays. Assuming that the Resolution to be proposed tonight in the Committee of Ways and 600 Means by his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be adopted, the next Business would be the consideration of the remainder of the 1st Clause of the Ballot Bill, and then the second reading of the Court of Chancery (Funds) Bill. He would fix the Report of the Resolution proposed in Committee of Ways and Means for Thursday, the 4th of April, when the House met after the holidays. Under these circumstances, there would be no use in having a Morning Sitting tomorrow. After the Report of the Resolution proposed in Committee of Ways and Means, the Parks Bill, the Public Health Bill, and the Civil Service Estimates would be taken on April 4, and the Civil Service Estimates would also be proceeded with on the next day, Friday, the 5th of April.