§ MR. O. V. MORGAN (Battersea)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he is now in a position to answer his question, whether, in consequence of the great interest felt throughout the country in the question of labour, he will arrange that Members of Parliament shall be regularly supplied with verbatim reports of the evidence to be given before the Labour Commission; and whether he will also arrange that the public may be able to purchase copies of the evidence in the same way as Parliamentary Papers are usually supplied?
THE MARQUESS OF HARTINGTON (Lancashire, Rossendale)My right hon. Friend has asked me to reply to this question. I will consult the Commission as to the hon. Member's question, but perhaps I may be allowed to state my own opinion. I have no doubt the Commission will be willing and anxious to report the evidence which they receive at short and convenient intervals; but if the hon. Member means that the Commission should publish verbatim reports from day to day, and communicate them to Members of Parliament as Parliamentary Papers, I think that would be an extremely inconvenient course, and one which I could not recommend.