§ In regard to private Members' Bills, facilities, of course, can only be given them, with the single exception which I will mention in a moment, if they are practically unopposed. That observation applies also to some six Charity Bills, which are semi-public, and to which I do not believe there is any serious opposition. There is one private Member's Bill—the Temperance (Scotland) Bill—which has passed through the Scottish Standing Committee.
§ I am not in a position at this moment to give any definite pledge in regard to that measure; but should time and facilities offer, the Government will be anxious that the time which has been spent on it should not be wasted, and that it should be passed through the Report and Third Reading stages. I can only express the hope and desire that we may find ourselves in a position to give such facilities.