HC Deb 23 February 1893 vol 9 cc203-4
MR. CHAPLIN (Lincolnshire, Sleaford)

I beg to give notice that on the Motion for the appointment of the Select Committee to inquire into the agricultural depression I shall move the following Amendment:— To leave out, all words after "That" in order to insert "This House, while anxious to consider specific proposals for the relief of agricultural depression, declines to embark upon a general and exhaustive inquiry into the nature and causes of distress, which are manifest already, and thereby to postpone any practical measures of relief for an indefinite period of time. I venture to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether the Motion to be proposed by the Government will be made at a convenient time, and whether reasonable notice of the day when the Motion will be made will be given?

MR. W. E. GLADSTONE

If there is to be an alternative discussion upon this Motion, which I should very much regret, it will be necessary for the Government to take care that those who wish to raise the discussion are not shut out from doing it by considerations of time.