§ VISCOUNT TURNOURI beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he proposes to introduce legislation during the present session to give effect to the resolution carried, nemine contradicente, by this House in March, 1906, for the payment of returning officers' fees out of public funds.
§ SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMANThe Answer is in the negative.
§ VISCOUNT TURNOURasked whether, having regard to the unanimous decision come to by the House, the Prime Minister would not consider the desirability of introducing a Bill on this subject before entering upon rather more controversial measures.
§ MR. SPEAKERThe noble Lord has just had an Answer in the negative, and he has repeated the same Question.