§ MR. SMEATONI 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. ASQUITHNo 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. ASQUITHIf so, he was stating an obvious fact.
§ MR. SMEATONWill the new Bill resemble the defunct measure?
§ [No Answer was returned.]