§ MR. JEFFREYS (Hants, Basingstoke)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he can now, for the convenience of Members and officials of the House, say whether there is to be a Sitting of the House next Saturday, so that Members and officials may make their arrangements accordingly?
§ MR. W. E. GLADSTONEI am sorry to say I think it will be the duty of Her Majesty's Government to ask the House to sit on Saturday of the present week.
§ MR. MATTHEWS (Birmingham, E.)Will the right hon. Gentleman state the hour at which the House will sit next Saturday? Will it be subject to the Wednesday Rule?
§ MR. W. E. GLADSTONEWe propose that the House should meet at the 653 usual hour, but we hope it will not be necessary that the Sitting should be prolonged to a late hour. But upon that I would rather answer later on or tomorrow.
§ MR. DARLINGMay I ask how many lines of the Bill we must bring up before we are allowed to go?