§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the event of any increased expenditure on building ships of war being deemed necessary during the coming year, he will consider the expediency of reducing the holding of this country in the Suez Canal Company, in order to meet the expenditure by the sale of such a number of shares as will cover it?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir W. HARCOURT, Derby)I must ask that this and other questions shall be reserved to the proper occasion, when the House resolves itself into Committee of Ways and Means.