§ Mr. JAMES HOPEI beg to ask the Prime Minister whether he can say what will be the first Parliamentary act of the Government after the Spring Recess? I desire to explain that I use the word "act" in the sense in which it is commonly understood.
§ The PRIME MINISTERNo, Sir.
§ Mr. JAMES HOPEWhen will the right hon. Gentleman, be able to say?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot say yet.
§ Viscount CASTLEREAGHasked whether the Bill to be founded on the Veto Resolutions now before the House would be the first business after the Recess; and would this measure have precedence of the Budget for 1910–11?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI cannot yet make any statement as to the order of business after the Recess.