§ COLONEL ALEXANDERwished to know why the Police Bill was not proceeded with last night, although the President of the Local Government Board had informed the right hon. Member for North Devon (Sir Stafford Northcote) that as the blocks had been dropped the Bill might be brought on at any time?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTIt was thought, Sir, that the Bill was too important to be taken at so late an hour as 2 o'clock in the morning.