§ MR. SINCLAIR (Falkirk, &c.)I beg to-ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, considering the great desire-expressed in Scotland for the passage of some measure dealing with Scotch Local Bill Legislation, he is able now to fix a day for the Second Reading Debate on the Private Bill Procedure (Scotland) Bill?
§ *THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH,) Strand, Westminster. I hope that the Second Reading of the Private Bill Procedure (Scotland) Bill Will be taken before Whitsuntide.