§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLdrew attention to the fact that, owing to the manner in which the Questions had been arranged, several important ones addressed to the Colonial Secretary had not been reached by five minutes to three. Was it not right that Questions of such importance should have a chance of being answered verbally? Why had the Questions to the First Lord of the Treasury been interpolated with those to the Colonial Secretary?
§ MR. SPEAKERThe arrangement was made by my direction and with the assent of the First Lord in order to comply with what I understood to be the wish of the House, that the Questions addressed to the First Lord of the Treasury should if possible not be pushed out by the time limit. I directed that those Questions should in future begin not later than fifty-one.