§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury is he will state the decision of the Government as to the proposed advance of public money for the redemption of tithe?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHThe President of the Board of Trade stated the other day, in reply to a question, that Her Majesty's Government were carefully considering the suggestions that had bean made to them on this subject. If 970 it should be decided to make any proposal to Parliament, based on these suggestions, notice of it will be given before the House is asked to go into Committee on the Bill.