§ MR. BLACK (Banffshire)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether it is the intention of the Government to impose import duties of a retaliatory character without the authority of the House to each individual duty being first obtained.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIt is not proposed to deal with the question of retaliation or of fiscal reform during the currency of the present Parliament, and I do not suppose the hon. Member would want to put a Question to me as to what is to take place in the next Parliament. Without, therefore, answering the Question, I may give him this consolatory information for what it is worth, that I do not think the House will 766 ever part with its effective control over the taxation of the country.
§ MR. BLACKWill the right hon. Gentleman say by what means he proposes to confer on the Executive——
§ MR. SPEAKEROrder, order. You cannot debate this. The hon. Member is in the habit of thinking that every Question requires a supplementary Question.