§ MR. G. W. BALFOUR (Leeds, Central)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode are bound to print the evidence taken before the Royal Commission on Labour weekly, under a Treasury Minute; whether they are paid a special rate for so doing; whether they have at all times complied with the terms of the Treasury Minute; and whether they are complying with those terms now; and, if not, what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
* SIR J. GORSTI am not aware of any Treasury Minute to the effect stated in the question. Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode are not paid a special rate for this work. The direction that each day's evidence should be ready on the following day week was given to the printers by the Stationery Office, and until recently no complaint has reached that Department of failure to comply with the direction given. During the last month, however, the work has been allowed to fall in arrear, and it is proposed to call the attention of Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode to the matter with a view to expediting the work.
§ MR. T. M. HEALYI beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Papers promised, relating to the 65th Rule, will be given?