HC Deb 01 May 1890 vol 343 c1827
MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlets, Poplar)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury what action the Government propose to take in order to carry out the recommendations of the Berlin Labour Conference; and whether the House will have an opportunity of discussing the resolutions come to by the Conference?

*THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH,) Strand, Westminster

The resolutions of the Berlin Labour Conference are now under the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, and will be laid on the Table of the House without any unnecessary delay. Her Majesty's Government are not yet prepared to specify the particular measures which they may hereafter propose for the consideration of Parliament on the subject. If the hon. Member desires to raise a discussion on the resolutions of the Conference he can do so by the ordinary Parliamentary means.

MR. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N.E.)

In presenting the resolutions will the Government also lay upon the Table the proceedings of the Conference?

MR. W. H. SMITH

I apprehend that the usual course in regard to Papers of this character will be taken, and that Papers will be presented in the ordinary course.