§ MR. CHANNING (Northampton, E.)I beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education whether, having regard to the number of interests to be consulted, and to the importance of giving sufficient time for the consideration of the details of the scheme for carrying out free education, he will bring in the Bill for that purpose before the Whitsuntide Recess?
§ SIR W. HART DYKEIf the hon. Gentleman will use his influence with his friends below the Gangway, to assist the progress of the Irish Land Bill, I may be in a position to act upon his suggestion; but, in any case, ample time will be given for the consideration of the details of the measure to which he refers.
§ MR. H. H. FOWLER (Wolverhampton, E.)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why, in the "Statement of Revenue and Expenditure," which has been laid upon the Table of the House, the proposed grant of £920,000, for free education in the present financial year, is described as one of the charges on the Consolidated Fund?
§ MR. GOSCHENThe Paper in question is simply a record of the Budget Statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the assistance of the memories of hon. Members during the Budget Debates. The right hon. Gentleman has hit a blot in it. I intended the item of education to be stated as a separate item, as not yet before the Committee, and depending on the passage of a Bill, but by inadvertence placed it as a charge on the Consolidated Fund. I will substitute an amended Paper if the right hon. Gentleman thinks it worth while.