§ MR. RYLANDS (Burnley)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether it is the intention of the Government, at an early period this Session, to take steps for the appointment of Select Committees to inquire into the Administration and Expenditure of the great Spending Departments of the State?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE) (Edinburgh, Mid Lothian), in reply, said, that until the Indian Committee had been appointed it was impossible at present to give a forecast of possible proceedings in regard to the subject of the Question.