§ *SIR C. W. DILKEI beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having regard to the expediency of an early reference to a Standing Committee of the Bills of the Home Secretary on Factories and on Truck, he can promise that the Second Reading of these Bills shall be proposed before Easter?
§ MR. D. A THOMASasked whether the Coal Mines Amendment Bill would also be taken before Easter?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir WILLIAM HARCOURT Derby)I am not in a position to make any promise in reference to the Coal Mines Amendment Bill. As to the Bills referred to in the question of my right hon. Friend, I am not able to make any promise, but we hope to be able to take the Second Reading of the Bills before Easter and to refer them both to a Grand Committee.