§ MR. T. L. CORBETT (Down, N.)I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he intends to give facilities to the Bill for extending the Parliamentary franchise to women introduced by the hon. Member for North St. Pancras.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANI think it would have been more usual if a Question of this kind had been asked by one of the promoters of the Bill, but I may say that under the circumstances in which this Bill is now before the House it is quite impossible and would be unprecedented to give further time for the Second Reading debate; and in addition to that the pressure of Government business would preclude us from offering facilities for any private Bill.
§ MR. CORBETTIt was owing to the lack of ardour on the part of the promoters that I put the Question.