HC Deb 23 May 1890 vol 344 c1686
SIR LYON PLAYFAIR (Leeds, S.)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Government consider that they have the power, and whether they have the intention, to ratify the Sugar Convention Bill without the previous consent of Parliament?

* MR W. H. SMITH

It does not appear to us that the Sugar Convention can be ratified consistently with the obvious intention of its provisions until the legislation which is necessary to carry it into effect has received the sanction of Parliament.