§ MR. SHACKLETON (Lancashire, Clitheroe)I Deg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, seeing that the House has agreed to the Second Reading of the Trades Union and Trades Disputes Bill, and considering the feeling in the country in favour of the Bill, he will give facilities for its further consideration by this House with a view to its becoming law this session.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe hon. Gentleman is probably aware of the answer I have given this session, and in many preceding sessions, when privileges are asked for for private Bills. It would be 549 impossible, I believe, to make an exception in favour of one Bill without creating an amount of difficulty and friction which no Leader of the House would willingly be responsible for. And I may add that, as far as I can forecast the course of public business, the Bills for which the Government are responsible are likely to occupy the whole time of the House up to the usual time of our rising.