§ MR. BURDETT-COUTTS (Westminster)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, considering the fact that, on Tuesday the 21st of June, the Metropolitan Police will not only be deprived of the enjoyment of the holiday in which all other classes of Her Majesty's subjects will participate, but will have unusually laborious duties to perform, and taking into account that a similar concession is reported to have been decided upon for the City Police, he will, on this entirely exceptional occasion, consent to grant an extra day's pay to the whole of the Metropolitan Force?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)Yes, Sir; I shall be happy to consider favourably any application that the Chief Commissioner may make to me with the view of granting some special remuneration to those men to whom unusually laborious duties will be assigned on the occasion of the 21st instant.
§ MR. BROADHURST (Nottingham, W.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, When he proposes to introduce the Employers' Liability Bill?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I have nothing to add to the answer which I gave last week—namely, that I hoped to lay this Bill on the Table before there was any reasonable prospect of the House being able to deal with it.