§ MR. SUMMERS (Huddersfield)I beg to ask the Postmaster General if he can, explain to the House why the Postage Bates Bill, which was read the first time and ordered to be printed on 22nd May, and the Order for the Second Reading of which was read and discharged on Thursday last, has not been printed and distributed to Members?
§ * THE POSTMASTER GENERAL (Mr. RAIKES,) Cambridge UniversityIt would, of course, have been necessary to print and distribute the Postage Rates Bill to which the hon. Member refers-before I could have asked the House to read it a second time. But as at this period of the Session there did not appear to be any reasonable prospect of bringing the Bill on at a time when it could be fairly discussed, it appeared to me the best course to move to discharge the Order.