§ MR. FAYasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether, having regard to 1008 the daily increasing number of Amendments to the Irish Land Bill, and the advanced period of the Session, the time has not arrived for Her Majesty's Government to declare urgency on that measure?
MR. GLADSTONEWithout doubt, the greatest inconvenience has been caused to the House in many ways, particularly with respect to the important Notice dependent on the right hon. Baronet opposite (Sir Michael Hicks-Beach), by the unexpected prolongation of the proceedings in Committee on the Land Law (Ireland) Bill. At the same time, to resort to urgency is a very serious matter, in itself leading to a great deal of difference of opinion as to what may happen. I am inclined to hope still we may be able to get on without making any fresh demands on the time of the House. Certainly, at the present moment we do not intend to make any such fresh demand, though this Question does, I believe, express a feeling which exists, with too good reason, in the minds of many hon. Members.