§ MR. J. G. TALBOTasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he is aware that a large number of statutes affecting the University of Oxford and the Colleges therein, which were laid upon the Table on the 7th of February, have not yet been printed; whether the time within which an address to Her Majesty from either House of Parliament may be presented will be counted from the day on which such statutes were laid upon the Table; and, whether, in that case, he will give facilities for the consideration of any statutes which may be objected to?
MR. GLADSTONESir, with regard to the printing of the statutes and the time within which an address may be presented to Her Majesty, I have no means of information except those open to my hon. Friend. If by "facilities for the consideration of any statutes which may be objected to" the hon. Member means days at the disposal of the Government, I have to say that the Government have no days which they can afford to spare for the purpose mentioned.