§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he will state on whom the Ministerial responsibility rests for the advice given to the King to make the, declaration against certain doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church made by His Majesty in the presence of the Lords and Commons on the first day of the present Session of Parliament: and whether he will, by himself accepting the responsibility on behalf of the Government for the making of that declaration, give the House of Commons an early opportunity of discussing the matter on the Vote for his salary.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe question of responsibility hardly appears to me to come into the matter in any effective form. It would not be for the convenience of public business that special opportunity should be given for the discussion.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that we have been told that we cannot discuss this matter on the salary of the Attorney General, who gave the advice, although it amounts to £19,000?
§ [No answer was returned.]