§ MR. MACLURE (Lancashire, S.E., Stretford)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he can consent to give an evening for the consideration of the Second Reading of the Channel Tunnel Bill?
§ * MR. W. H. SMITHI am sorry to tell my hon. Friend that the time of the House is so much taken up by Government measures that I am afraid it will not 988 be in my power to give facilities for the Second Reading of the Channel Tunnel Bill.