§ CAPTAIN NORTONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, having regard to the acknowledged importance of the Ordnance Factories Vote, which involves a sum of £2,400,000, and to the fact that this Vote has already been delayed so long beyond the end of the financial year, he will arrange to take it on Friday the 31st, if there is no earlier opportunity?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.The suggestion of the hon. and gallant Gentleman will be considered.