§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked whether, having regard to the fact that the question of woman suffrage is a clear-cut issue which cannot be confused with other political issues, that a serious, prolonged, and acrimonious conflict seems probable throughout the country between the exponents of opposite views on the matter, and that there is a widespraed 1748 desire to learn what are the views of the majority of the electorate before giving legislative expression to those of one section only, the Government will consider the advisability of taking at an early date the opinion of the country through the medium of a referendum?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThis is a novel proposal, and all I can say at present is that the Government have not yet considered it.