HC Deb 18 June 1907 vol 176 cc345-6
MR. A. J. BALFOUR (City of London)

May I ask what Bills will be taken next Friday?

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

said the business on Friday would be, first, the Small Holdings Bill (Finance Resolution in Committee), then the Second Reading stage of the Telegraph (Money) Bill, British North America Bill, Australian States Constitution Bill, and the Evidence (Colonial Statutes) Bill. The next orders would be the Criminal Appeal Bill (Finance Resolution in Committee), and the Motion regarding a new Judge, and there might be other Bills.

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I understand-that the Under-Secretary for the Colonies says the British North America Bill must pass by the 1st July. In that case, would it not be better to put it earlier in the list—the responsibility for passing it, of course, rests with the Government.

SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN

I will consider whether the Bill may not be put higher in the list.