HC Deb 28 April 1884 vol 287 cc755-6
MR. BRODRICK

asked the Prime Minister, Whether there was to be a Morning Sitting to-morrow?

MR. GLADSTONE

, in reply, said, that, as already announced, by his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Mr. Dodson), there would be a Morning Sitting to-morrow for the discussion of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill.

MR. BRODRICK

asked the right hon. Gentleman, whether he was aware that there was on the Paper for to-morrow night a Motion of vital and paramount importance to the elementary school teachers throughout the whole Kingdom; and, whether he proposed on every Tuesday and Friday after Easter to put down measures of national importance, without regard to the rights of private Members, in order to secure the freedom of Government nights for measures of Party urgency?

MR. GLADSTONE

I believe the House is extremely anxious to have a decision on the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill, and I do feel it my duty to ask for a Morning Sitting to-morrow. I am informed, and believe, that there will be ample time for the discussion of the subject to which the hon. Member refers at the Evening Sitting.

MR. BRODRICK

May I ask if the right hon. Gentleman will give any facility for making a House in the evening?

MR. GLADSTONE

I cannot undertake to depart from the established usages of the House with regard to the making of a House.

MR. BRODRICK

I beg to give Notice that on the Motion for a Morning Sitting to-morrow, I shall move that the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill be put down for Thursday.