§ SIR ALEXANDER GORDONasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he will give any facilities for the appointment of a Select Committee to consider the propriety of framing rules for the limitation of the practice of putting questions to Ministers in the House, with a view to increase the time available for the transaction of public business, which Question would have been discussed on the 13th of May if the Government had not taken that day for the discussion on a Vote of Censure?
MR. GLADSTONEMy hon. and gallant Friend knows how much I sympathize with him in regard to this matter; but I am afraid I must say that I regard his request for facilities with the utmost suspicion, for the reason that it really means giving up some portion of the time which would otherwise be devoted to Government Business. I am very sorry to say that I do not see my way to give him those facilities.