HC Deb 22 May 1868 vol 192 c719
MR. BAILLIE-COCHRANE

said, he would defer to the wishes of the House and postpone the Notice he had given to call the attention of the House to the circumstance that the daughters of Seamen killed or disabled in the service of the Country do not enjoy the privilege of maintenance and education at Greenwich Hospital. At the same time, he would call the attention of the Government to the position of private Members, who were continually compelled to postpone important Motions on matters which ought to be discussed. Of course, private Members ought to give way when questions of general interest were brought forward by the Government; but now they had to give way for private Members and measures they did not approve. He was happy to defer to the right hon. Member for South Lancashire (Mr. Gladstone) and the important question raised by him; but the House ought to consider the position of private Members. He would postpone his Motion to Friday, the 5th of June.