§ MR. LOUGH (Islington, W.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether, in view of the declaration of a member of the Cabinet at Bristol that 303 the Aliens Bill had been introduced to prevent the displacement of British labour, and his promise not to proceed with the policy of protection in this Parliament, he still intends to go on with the measure.
§ THE PRIME MINISTER AND FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR,) Manchester, E.We certainly intend to proceed with the Bill; and my right hon. friend tells me that the speech to which reference is made in the Question does not bear the interpretation which the hon. Member puts upon it.