§ MR. MACFARLANEI beg to ask the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the state of Public Business, be will consider the desirability of cur- 930 tailing or entirely dispensing with the Whitsuntide Holidays?
§ MR. W. E. GLADSTONEThere is a limit to the demands which the House should make on the physical strength of Members. Hon. Members have lately been hard pressed, and they will continue to be hard pressed; and, therefore, I do not think the proposal the Government intend to make with regard to the holidays is unreasonable. At the same time, I admire the readiness of the hon. Gentleman to make the sacrifice which he has named.