§ MR. P. W. WILSON (St. Pancras, S.)I beg to ask the Chairman of the Select Committee on Public Petitions whether he can say how many signatures on petitions in favour of women suffrage have been recorded in each of the last ten years.
§ * MR. H. J. WILSON (Yorkshire, W.R., Holmfirth)replied that the figures were as follows:—1899, 6,157; 1900, 7; 1901, 30,178; 1902, 39,079; 1903, 13,990; 1904, 11,946; 1905, 8,153; 1906, 3,199; 1907, 1,538; and 1908 (to 5th November), 1,965.