§ MR. ESSLEMONT (Aberdeen, E.)On the part of hon. Members who come from a distance, I wish to know whether the right hon. Gentleman can state when the Easter holidays will begin and end?
§ * MR. W. H. SMITHIt must depend on the duration of the debate on the Tithe Bill. We cannot adjourn until that Bill has been read a second time.
§ MR. ESSLEMONTThen if the Bill has not passed that stage before, are we to sit on Good Friday and over Easter Monday?
§ * MR. W. H. SMITHI know the importance which the hon. Gentleman attaches to Good Friday, and I should be sorry to keep him at the HOUSE on that occasion. I cannot believe that the debate will be so protracted as to require the House to sit on Good Friday.