§ MR. LAMBERTI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, on the last day of the last session, he placed before the Cabinet a document containing proposals that he wished officially to put forward in the name of the Government, which included preferential tariffs and taxation of food.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have already given the House all the information which I think necessary.
§ MR. LAMBERTConsidering that this matter has been referred to in the country and in both Houses of Parliament, and has been the cause, or the indirect cause, of the resignation of one or more Cabinet Ministers, are we not entitled to a complete statement of the facts?
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order The right hon. Gentleman declines to give any further information.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLDid the right hon. Gentleman get the letter I addressed to him?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURYes.