HC Deb 24 May 1897 vol 49 cc1148-9
MR. J. P. FARRELL

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, can he indicate whether the terms of reference for the now Commission to inquire into the working of the Land Acts will be laid upon the Table of the House before the Whitsuntide Recess?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY

It is not, of course, usual to lay upon the Table of the House the terms of reference to a Royal Commission.

MR. FARRELL

asked if the terms would be stated before the House rose on June 4th.

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY

could not give any specific date upon which the terms of reference could be announced, but he hoped the date would not be a great distance of time.