HC Deb 30 July 1908 vol 193 cc1773-4
MR. SMEATON

I beg to ask the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to revive the defunct Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill, or to introduce a measure to effect the same objects, but on different lines.

MR. ASQUITH

No further legislation on this subject can be attempted during the present session, and it would be premature at this moment to anticipate the future.

MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)

Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the Lord Chancellor has declared this Bill to be defnnct?

MR. ASQUITH

If so, he was stating an obvious fact.

MR. SMEATON

Will the new Bill resemble the defunct measure?

[No Answer was returned.]

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