HC Deb 16 July 1889 vol 338 cc530-1
MR. COBB (Warwickshire, S.E., Rugby)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, before any measure is introduced having reference to Royal Grants, the proceedings and evidence before the Committee now sitting will be printed and distributed among Members of the House?

* THE FIRST LORD OR THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH,) Strand, Westminster

Well-established precedents will be followed, and the Report of the Committee will be laid before the House, before the House is asked to consider any measure on the subject.

MR. COBB

Will the only materials on which the House and the country will be able to judge be the Report of the Committee; and are the proceedings of the Committee to be kept secret?

* MR. W. H. SMITH

That will be a matter for the Committee itself to decide.