§ MR. FAWCETTasked the hon. Baronet the Member for Maidstone, Whether he intends to bring forward his Motion relative to Kew Gardens; and, whether the Government has afforded him any facilities, as they promised to do, to assist him in bringing forward the Motion; and, if so, what those facilities are?
§ SIR JOHN LUBBOCKsaid, that in consequence of the answer he received last week from the right hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government, that he could not give an opportunity for bringing on the discussion relative to Kew Gardens till the measures necessary for winding-up the Session had been passed, he had abstained from placing any Resotion on the subject upon the Order Book, because he did not consider that at that period of the Session, when so few hon. Members were remaining in London, any discussion which would arise would be worthy of the subject or of the House. But he might add that negotiations were in progress which he sincerely hoped would bring the matter to a satisfactory conclusion.
§ MR. FAWCETTwished to know whether the Government had not given a distinct promise on Tuesday week that they would afford the hon. Baronet every facility to bring on his Motion the first thing after the necessary Bills were disposed of. Those Bills would be all disposed of to-day, and he wished to know whether the Government had shown no disposition to carry out the arrangement?
§ SIR JOHN LUBBOCKsaid, he certainly understood the Prime Minister to say that when the indispensable business had been disposed of he would give him 644 the first opportunity of bringing forward a Motion; but as it had taken so much time, he did not consider it right to bring the Motion forward.