HC Deb 18 April 1910 vol 16 cc1712-3
Mr. LONSDALE

asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government that the passage of a Home Rule Bill shall precede the reconstitution of the Second Chamber?

The PRIME MINISTER

This is a question which deals with contingencies, which it is not yet necessary to consider.

Mr. LONSDALE

Would the right hon. Gentleman say whether it was by accident or design that Home Rule was placed by the Home Secretary as the first constructive item in the new legislative programme?