§ SIR ROBERT REID (Dumfries Burghs)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if the Government will propose to the House that Mr. Merriman and Mr. Sauer he heard upon the policy of the settlement in South Africa, pursuant to their petition.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.The Government do not think that the course which the hon. and learned Member suggests would be a proper one.
§ MR. FLYNN (Cork, N.)Will the right hon. Gentleman consult the House on the question?
§ [No reply was given.]