§ MR. A. J. BALFOUR (City of London)I should like to put a Question concerning the order of business, and in particular to know whether there is any prospect of the Home Rule debate coming on, and, if so, when.
§ MR. ASQUITHIt would be more convenient to have the Question concerning business put later in the week, but I am in a position to say at once, however, that until certainly the 22nd or 23rd of this month we must be occupied with the necessary financial business of the year, and therefore the debate to which the right hon. Gentleman refers cannot possibly take place at an earlier date than that.