HC Deb 11 July 1893 vol 14 cc1286-7
MR. HARRY S. FOSTER (Suffolk, Lowestoft)

I beg to ask the Prime Minister a question of which I have given private notice.

MR. W. E. GLADSTONE

I have not received the notice.

MR. H. S. FOSTER

I left it at the Treasury before 2 o'clock, but of course if the right hon. Gentleman desires notice I will put down the question. It is whether, having regard—

MR. SPEAKER

I think the hon. Member should, in the circumstances, put the question down on the Paper. In such a case it is not customary to read the notice.

MR. H. S. FOSTER

I understood the Prime Minister to indicate that he would answer it—Whether, having regard to the failure of the Government to keep a House on Friday night last, whereby discussion was again avoided upon a Motion standing in the name of a supporter of the Government, the Member for North Bucks, calling upon the Government to assist the Port Sanitary Authorities in the way of defensive measures against an invasion of cholera through the ports, the Government still refuse to give the House any facilities for expressing an opinion upon their action in the matter; whether he is aware that the Port Sanitary Authorities of the Kingdom feel a strong sense of the injustice of the attitude of the Government, and in some cases have refused—

MR. T. M. HEALY (Louth, N.)

Warner, Warner!

MR. SPEAKER (intervening)

Obviously the question is one of which notice ought to be given.

MR. W. JOHNSTON

May I ask if it is in Order for the hon. Member for Louth to call out "Warner, Warner!"?

MR. H. S. FOSTER

I call your attention, Sir, to the fact that that is a specific which the hon. and learned Member is continually recommending?