HC Deb 21 May 1900 vol 83 cc747-8
MR. COGHILL (Stoke-upon-Trent)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether the Government, in spite of the assurances they have given that a Redistribution of Seats Bill would be brought in and passed before a General Election takes place, have abandoned all intention of dealing with the question of redistribution in the present Parliament.

THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)

I do not think it possible or desirable to give a programme of legislation beyond the session in which we are engaged.

MR. COGHILL

That is not an answer to the question on the Paper.