§ MR. FERRANDsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he will give a Government night immediately after Easter, to bring under the notice of the House the present state of the Cotton Trade, and of half a million of Cotton Operatives living in unwilling idleness. As the case was one of extreme urgency, he hoped to have a favourable reply.
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONSir, I can assure the hon. Member and the House that the subject to which his Question relates is one that must necessarily excite great anxiety in the mind of the Government, and we shall be anxious and desirous to give the House any opportunity that might be required for full consideration of the subject in any point of view. I believe that after Easter the two early Tuesdays are very much engaged; otherwise I should have said to the hon. Member that he would probably have found room on a Tuesday. But if he is anxious to bring the subject on earlier than he could by waiting for a Tuesday, I can assure him that, subject of course to due attention to pressing public business, we are willing to give him every facility that can be given to him for the consideration of the question.