§ CAPTAIN NORTONI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, considering the importance of the Ordnance Factories Vote, he will, for the convenience of the large number of Members interested, arrange to take it first upon the day which he has fixed, namely, 7th August.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.I cannot give the hon. Member a promise that the Vote will be put first on August 7th, but I will endeavour as far as I can to arrange to take the Vote for the general convenience of Members.