§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, 1029 having regard to the fact that the Vote on Account involves an Estimate of £4,500,000 for the Board of Education, any opportunity will be afforded for a discussion on the administration of the Board before the Vote is disposed of.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Irish Members have by arrangement the first place on the Report of the Vote on Account. I do not know how long the discussion they propose to initiate will last, but I cannot hold out much hope to the hon. Gentleman that time will also be found for a discussion on Education.
§ DR. MACNAMARAIf the Irish discussion takes the whole of Thursday, then there will be no opportunity for discussing this Estimate of four and a half millions!
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe hon. Gentleman talks as if the four and a half millions were an exceptional matter: I do not think so. I certainly consider that the discussion on Report of the Vote on Account should finish on the evening it is taken.