§ MR. BIGGAR (Cavan, W.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Under what head will appear the charge for the expenses in connection with the banquet given at the Foreign Office in November last to the delegates to the International Sugar Bounties Conference, or by whom those expenses have been defrayed; under what head will appear the expenses connected with the visit of the hon. Member for the Toxteth Division of Liverpool (Baron Henry de Worms) to Paris, Brussels, Berlin, and The Hague, in relation to the suppression of the bounties; and, if he can state to the House the amount of these expenses?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)The hon. Member for Cavan will, no doubt, be pleased to hear that there is no charge whatever upon the public in connection with the dinner referred to in the first part of his Question. With regard to the second part of the Question, the hon. Member for the Toxteth Division of Liverpool visited Paris, Brussels, Berlin, and The Hague for an important public object; but his mission was not of a character calculated, or intended, to involve any public charge whatever. The hon. Member undertook this journey solely out of zeal to the Public Service, and the public are greatly indebted to him for what he has done.