§ MR. CARVELL WILLIAMS (Notts,) MansfieldI beg to ask the Vice President of the Committee of Council on Education, if he will inform the House who are the members of that Committee?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (Sir JOHN GORST) Cambridge University,: The members of the Committee of Council are the Lord President of the Council, the Marquess of Salisbury, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State for the Colonies—[Laughter]—the Secretary of State for War, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty—[renewed laughter]—and the Vice President. [Much laughter.]
§ MR. CARVELL WILLIAMSMay I ask whether this Committee ever meets?
§ SIR J. GORSTI cannot answer that Question without notice—[laughter]—and I doubt even with notice if I should be allowed to disclose the proceedings of a Committee of the Privy Council. [Renewed laughter.]