§ MR. E. ROBERTSON (Dundee)Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury will allow me to put a question to him of which I have not given notice. It has reference to a matter referred to by the President of the Local Government Board on Friday. The right hon. Gentleman said he would seriously consider the advisability of advancing money at a low rate of interest, to enable landlords to buy up tithes. Have the Government arrived at any conclusion upon that subject; and is the First Lord of the Treasury able to make any statement at this moment?
§ *THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH,) Strand, WestminsterI think the hon. and learned Gentleman must feel that a question of this kind requires notice.
§ MR. E. ROBERTSONI beg to give notice that on Thursday I will ask the right hon. Gentleman, whether he will 824 make a full and definite statement on the subject before the next stage of -the Tithes Bill?