HC Deb 28 July 1893 vol 15 cc765-6
SIR J. LUBBOCK

May I ask the Vice President of the Council whether he proposes to take the English Education Vote to-day?

MR. ACLAND

I propose to take it as soon as the Scotch Vote has been obtained.

VISCOUNT CRANBORNE (Rochester)

I understood the right hon. Gentleman to promise that the Report of the Education Department should be circulated beforehand.

MR. ACLAND

It was circulated this morning.

VISCOUNT CRANBORNE

I apologise for the question, but I may observe that I have not received mine.

MR. ACLAND

I believe some Members do not receive all the Parliamentary Papers. But those who do no doubt have had this Report.

* SIR J. LUBBOCK

The Report contains a considerable amount of information, and it is really impossible to discuss such important questions at such short notice.

MR. ACLAND

Perhaps I may repeat what I said yesterday, that the statistics, on which the Report is a running comment, were published weeks ago.

* SIR J. LUBBOCK

That may be so, but we have now only just got the views of the Department, and it is putting us at a great disadvantage to call on us to discuss the Education Vote when we only received the views of the Department this morning.

MR. ACLAND

There are no views of the Government in the Report, and it has been published at the date it usually is.

MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)

Is it not a fact that we have only got the Report, and not the customary Appendices?

MR. ACLAND

All the tables and statistics have been in the hands of Members for weeks.

MR. BARTLEY

Not all.