§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANCan the Leader of the House state what the arrangements for business next week will be?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOUROn Monday we shall take Committee on the Budget, and we shall continue that de die in diem until it is finished. As I do not know how long it will last, I cannot give any further information.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANCan the right hon. Gentleman with pro- 59 priety say anything as to the date or duration of the Easter recess, or whether he will be able to make a statement on the subject on Monday?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI am afraid that it is rather early to indulge in these agreeable and prophetic speculations. For my own part I hope the holidays will begin early and will last long. That is my strong personal desire, but I cannot promise any such luxury to the House until I see what progress we are able to make with public business. I ought perhaps to say, to correct any misapprehension with regard to the answer which I have just given, that when I said that Committee will continue on the Budget de die in diem, I meant on the nights on which the Government have the whole of the time. I did not mean to include Wednesdays.