HC Deb 02 May 1905 vol 145 c686
SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN (Stirling Burghs)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury when the measure required for the purpose of meeting the ecclesiastical difficulty in Scotland will be introduced.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

It is not very easy for me to answer the Question with precision, because we only had the Report in our hands a few days before the House separated for the holidays. Although I have been in communication by letter with my right hon. friend the Lord-Advocate on the subject in the course of the holidays, it has been impossible for us to meet and we are not therefore in a position at this moment to lay on the Table our proposals to deal with this matter, which is one of undoubted urgency, but the difficulty of which is equally obvious. I hope to be able to do so at a very early date.