HC Deb 13 April 1904 vol 133 c84
LORD HUGH CECIL (Greenwich)

I desire to ask when the Bishoprics of Southwark and Birmingham Bill will be taken for the Second Reading.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I am anxious to proceed with the Bill, on its merits no opposition is offered to it, and it is desirable that it should be passed, but I cannot promise to fix a day for the Second Reading.

MR. JOHN MORLEY (Montrose Burghs)

What will be the course of business tomorrow, and when is it proposed to take the Licensing Bill?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I do not propose to take the War Office Vote tomorrow. Votes for warlike stores and buildings will be taken first, and the other Votes to be taken in their order will be 10, 2 (Medical), 6 (Transport), 7 (Provisions and Forage), and 8 (Clothing). Votes 14, 15, and 16, which are non-effective Votes, will also be taken. If the preliminary stages of the Budget can be disposed of on Tuesday next, I shall propose to take the Licensing Bill on Wednesday.

MR. BROADHURST (Leicester)

In one sitting?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

Yes. I should have thought that sufficient for the introduction of the Bill.