§ MR. NORTON (Kent, Tunbridge)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if his attention has been called to the publication by several of the morning papers, on the 7th inst., of the Report of the Select Committee on Friendly societies before its circulation; and, if this has been done with the consent of the Chairman of the Committee, the hon. Member for Wigtownshire?
§ * MR. W. H. SMITHI have communicated with my hon. Friend the Member for Wigtownshire, and he informs me that the Report of the Select Committee on Friendly Societies was not given to the Press with his consent or knowledge, although he was several times asked to do so.