SIR JOHN HAYsaid, that the right hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty had on a previous occasion stated that the Navy Estimates would be taken on the first occasion of going into Supply. He was, therefore, surprised to find by the Notice Paper that the Navy Estimates were not to be the first business in Supply. It was desirable for the orderly conduct of business that the Government should adhere to the engagements they entered into. He 396 wished to know when the Navy Estimates would be taken?
§ MR. GOSCHENsaid, in reply, that what he had stated was the Navy Estimates would be the first taken in Committee of Supply, unless circumstances over which the Government had no control arose; and as the Education Department had no money, the Education Estimate must of necessity be the first taken.