MR. HERBERT ROBERTS (Denbighshire, W.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, whether, in view of the decision to take the Indian Budget upon the Morning Sitting July 20th and of the consequent curtailment of the time available for the consideration of Indian affairs upon the one day in the session devoted to India, he will move to suspend the- Five o'Clock Rule upon that occasion.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThere is a good deal to be said for the course which my hon. friend suggests. I believe it is not expected that the debate will go on till a late hour if the Five o'Clock Rule is suspended and, with the concurrence of my right hon. friend the Secretary of State for India I propose, as at present advised, to move the suspension of the Rule.