§ MR. ACLANDasked the First Lord of the Treasury, When it is probable that the Bill on the adjustment of Local Burdens, referred to in Her Majesty's most gracious Speech, will be introduced?
MR. GLADSTONESir, the Bill on the adjustment of local burdens — a subject which I think has been completely mastered by my right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty—will continue to receive his attention, notwithstanding his change of office. With regard to the date of its introduction, I cannot yet name a day until we have read the Army Regulation Bill a second time, and made some progress with the Army Estimates; but it is our confident intention to introduce the Bill on some day before the Easter holydays.