HC Deb 14 May 1896 vol 40 cc1339-40
MR. H. HOBHOUSE (Somerset, E.)

I beg to ask the First Lord of Treasury, if, in view of the inconvenience caused by this House having to decide on the merits of opposed Charity Commission Schemes after a short discussion taken after midnight, and often without any guidance from the Government as a whole, he will arrange that in future such schemes, if opposed, shall be referred to a Select Committee of this House, or to a Joint Committee of both Houses, as recommended by the Royal Commission on Secondary Education?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY

The matter will receive the attention of the Government.