§ MR. COCHRANE (Ayrshire, N.)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government will now agree to the appointment of a, Select Committee to inquire into the financial relations of Scotland to the other Division of the United Kingdom, and to the Imperial Exchequer?
§ * SIR W. HARCOURTThe Government will agree to the appointment of such a Committee, but desire its postponement for a time till there is loss financial pressure on the officials of the Treasury than at the present moment.
§ MR. COCHRANEWill it be done before Whitsuntide?
§ SIR W. HARCOURTI will inquire.