MR. J. MORLEYI suppose we can understand that no business will be taken to-morrow, except the adjournment?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI am afraid I must ask the House to do some business. We must take the Inland Revenue Bill and the Report of the Committee on the Vote on Account, and in the event of the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill not having been passed, and the Allotments Bill not having been completed, we shall ask the House to take those measures before we proceed with further business. We shall 1599 also have to ask the House to consent to a Motion for giving up the whole of Tuesdays and Fridays after Whitsuntide for Government business.
MR. J. MORLEYAssuming that all this be got through, the right hon. Gentleman's apprehensions as to our not having a holiday, I suppose, will fall through.
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI hope I may not be supposed to be seeking to impose conditions on the House; I am rather seeking to further business, and to meet the convenience of the House. In the event of the Motion of which I have given notice being accepted, I shall move for an adjournment until Monday, the 2nd of June.
MR, T. M. HEALYWith regard to the Contagious Diseases Bill I would appeal to the right, hon. Gentleman not to take it before Whitsuntide.
§ MR. CHAPLINI am sanguine enough to hope that a very few minutes' discussion will be enough for that Bill, and I must ask the House, if possible, to take it. It cannot come into operation for a considerable time, and it is of great importance that we should get it passed.
§ MR. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N.E.)Is it intended to take the Savings Banks Bill to-night?
§ MR. GOSCHENI hope it may be possible to take the Second Reading, and to refer the Bill to a Committee; but, of course, I will not ask the House to read it a second time unless there is a general disposition to do so.
§ MR. WOODALL (Hanley)May I ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he has given consideration, as promised, to the application I made to him to exempt from the rule respecting morning sittings the First Tuesday after the Holidays?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI have given great consideration to that request, and I feel great sympathy with hon. Gentlemen who take an interest in the question which is to be considered on that day; but I would point out that it is an abstract Resolution, and my advice to the hon. Gentleman will be to use the facilities the House gives for bringing in a Bill.
§ MR. WOODALLThe right hon. Gentleman is aware of the difficulties that attend private Members' Bills after 1600 Whitsuntide. Will he afford facilities for the discussion of the Bill?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHCertainly not; but I would advise the hon. Member to procure a good position for a Bill of the kind next Session.
§ MR. H. H. FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)In the event of the Government taking all the time of private Members after Whitsuntide will the right hon. Gentleman revert to the ordinary hours of meeting on Tuesdays and Fridays?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI think that would be for the convenience of the House, and we will do our best to meet the convenience of the House.
§ MR. T. P. O'CONNOR (Liverpool, Scotland Division)The right hon. Gentleman promised some days ago that he would make inquiries as to whether he would be able to bring influence to bear on his supporters to allow the Second Reading of the School Board for London Super an nations Bill. Has the right hon. Gentleman succeeded in doing so?
§ *MR. W. H. SMITHI am sorry to say I have not been able to communicate with my hon. Friends.