§ MR. CHILDERS (Edinburgh, S.)I wish to ask what will be the business taken on Thursday?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHWe hope on Thursday, first of all, to take the Report of the Naval Resolutions, which we trust we will be able to conclude in Committee to-day. After that we propose to take Supply.
§ MR. CHILDERSWhat will be the course if the Resolutions are not finished to-day, as to which there is considerable doubt?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI cannot entertain any doubt that the Committee will be able to finish the Resolutions tonight. They were introduced to the House on the 7th of March, they were considered further on the 21st of March, and now, on the 1st of April, a whole evening may be spent upon them; and as they are only the foundation for a Bill on which discussion will probably arise, I think, if I may venture to say so, it would be somewhat unreasonable that the discussion on the Committee stage should be protracted beyond this evening.
§ SIR W. LAWSONWill the right hon. Gentleman move the Closure tonight, and so stop the debate?
§ No answer was given.