§ MR. LOUIS SINCLAIR (Essex, Romford)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he will now state whether it is his intention of introducing this session the measure promised in His Majesty's Speech from the Throne for raising the status of the Local Government Board and the Board of Trade, and creating a Minister of Commerce.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe Bill is ready, and I desire to introduce it. But whether it has any chance of passing will, of course, depend on the general approval it meets with on both aides of the House, for it would be impossible to press it through as a controversial measure.