§ MR. FINDLAY (Lanarkshire, N.E.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the situation created in various parts of Scotland by the actions of the Legal Free Church, who have practically ignored the fact that a Royal Commisson is reporting, he will introduce a short Bill to maintain 1038 the status quo until the Report of the Royal Commission has been received and a decision come to by this House in regard to the whole matters at issues.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI have already more than once expressed my views upon this subject, and I have informed the House how much I regret the action which has been taken in certain cases with reference to the first of the two Commissions appointed by His Majesty's Government. I do not think, however, the course suggested by the hon. Gentleman of having interim legislation is at all practicable. All we can do is to do our best to bring forward such legislative project as soon as we have before us the Report of the Elgin Commission, which Report, I trust, will not be long delayed.