§ MR. DIXON-HARTLAND (Middlesex, Uxbridge)asked the Chairman of 1576 the Metropolitan Board of Works, Whether, in the event of the clauses he promises to propose and support, by which a proportionate share of the Wine and Coal Duties are to be secured to the outer Metropolitan area, not being adopted by the Committee on the Bill, he will vote against and oppose its third reading?
THE CHAIRMAN (Sir JAMES M'GAEEL HOGG) (Middlesex, Hornsey)Mr. Speaker: I am surprised that my hon. Friend should have felt it necessary to ask this Question, after the pledge given in my reply to the hon. Member for North Paddington (Mr. Lionel Cohen) on Thursday last. I need hardly say that it is my intention fully to carry out this pledge. I do not anticipate the contingency to which my hon. Friend refers; but if the clauses in question are not adopted by the Committee on the Bill, it would be my duty to bow to the Committee's decision.
§ MR. DIXON-HARTLANDAfter the answer I have received from the hon. and gallant Baronet, I beg to give Notice that when the Bill is brought forward I shall move that it be read this day six months.