§ SIR THOMAS LEA (Londonderry, S.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether, in view of the fact that the legislative programme of the Government has now been largely curtailed, he will consider the possibility of the Government giving facilities for the passage of those Bills to render permanent Acts which are renewed year after year in the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYIn the very improbable event of the Government having spare time I shall be glad to consider any claims put before me from any quarter of the House. [Laughter.]