§ MR. MORTON (Peterborough)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in consequence of Mr. John Hood being deprived of his means of livelihood through having given evidence before a Committee of this House, and therefore under the protection of this House, he will receive at the hands of Her Majesty's Government compensation for the loss he has sustained?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.I do not know any precedent for the course proposed by the hon. Gentleman, nor do I think it would be convenient to make one.