§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)I wish to give Notice that I shall to-morrow move that the Local Government (England and Wales) Bill be taken before the other Orders of the Day, as I understand that it is the general wish of the House that the debate upon the second reading of the measure should be concluded in the course of the Afternoon or Evening Sitting.
§ MR. S. SMITH (Flintshire)said, that he had the first Notice upon the Paper to-morrow with reference to the Continuation Schools; and he wished to know whether the Government would undertake to give facilities for the discussion of that subject on a future occasion?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHThe hon. Member is, I am sure, expressing the wish of several other hon. Members with regard to the subject to which he refers; but I am afraid that I cannot undertake to give him a day for its discussion. The hon. Member will, if on no other occasion, be able to raise a discussion with regard to the Continuance Schools on the Education Vote.
§ MR. J. E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, whether he could state what interval would elapse between the second reading of the Local Government Bill and its being taken in Committee?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHsaid, he was afraid that must depend on the time that would be taken by other measures. The Government proposed to take the Budget Bill on Monday, and the Employers' Liability Bill and the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill would also have to be read a second time before the House could go into Committee on the Local Government Bill.
§ MR. HUNTER (Aberdeen, N.)Will the Employers' Liability Bill be taken before the Railway and Canal Traffic Bill?
§ MR. W. H. SMITHI am net able to say at present.