§ MR. DALZIELI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Report of the Royal Commission on Labour will he presented to Parliament in the course of the present Session?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE,) Edinburgh, MidlothianI am afraid there is no likelihood that the Report of the Royal Commission on Labour will be presented during the present Session. I am informed that it is improbable that the Report will be completed until towards the close of the present year.
MR. FIELDMay I ask what the Commission have been doing during the last few months, and will the right hon. Gentleman make inquiries as to how long it is since it last had a, meeting?
§ MR. W. E. GLADSTONEIf that question is to be raised, it must be 667 brought forward in the form of a discussion upon the proceedings of the Commission. It would not he courteous on my part, and it would be totally inconsistent with the practice, it I were to assume to myself the authority of superintending its proceedings.