§ MR. KEIR HARDIE (Merthyr Tydvil)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether he can fix a date for taking the Committee stage of the Unemployed Bill.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI am not yet in a position to name a date for the Committee stage of this Bill.
§ MR. KEIR HARDIESeeing Monday next is practically unoccupied, would that not be a favourable opportunity?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURSo far as I can foresee, that day will be occupied by the Aliens Bill.
§ MR. CROOKSWill the Unemployed Bill have precedence over the Redistribution Resolutions.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThey are not at all in pari materia.
§ MR. CROOKSrose amid cries of "Order."
§ * MR. SPEAKERThe hon. Member having asked a Question should await the reply.
§ MR. CROOKSI understood the Prime Minister had given way. As he is aware I have no knowledge of Latin, will the right hon. Gentleman put his Answer into English?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI was going to supply the hon. Gentleman and others with a loose translation, which is that you cannot really compare Resolutions with a Bill from the point of view of the business of the House, because the one involves First and Second Reading, Committee, and possibly a Report Stage, and a Third Reading, while a Resolution is dealt with at once as a substantive matter.