§ MR. T. B. CURRAN (Donegal, N.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is in a position to make some re-arrangement of the filling up of the Pink Paper; whether any agreement has been made with the contractor of the "Parliamentary Debates" 387 for a continuous supply of the daily parts to honourable Members who sign one Pink Paper for the whole of the Session; and if he will make such arrangements with the contractor as shall secure to honourable Members the delivery of back numbers and indexes?
§ MR. STEADMANI beg at the same time to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he has seen his way to do something to relieve Members from the necessity of signing the Pink Paper every day in order to obtain a complete record of the proceedings of Parliament by means of the "Parliamentary Debates"?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. A. AKERS DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's) (for Mr. HANBURY)In accordance with the understanding, arrived at when the matter was discussed on the Vote on Account, it has been arranged that the number of volumes in an ordinary Session will not exceed eight, as was the rule until last Session; and all future numbers of the "Debates" will be issued to Members on giving a general order instead of signing the Pink Paper daily.