§ 79. Viscount WOLMERasked the Secretary for Scotland whether he intends in future to be present in this House when 1855 matters concerning Scotland and of which he has received notice will be under discussion?
§ Viscount WOLMERCan the Secretary for Scotland explain why he was not in the House when the question of the Scotch Estimates was raised on the Adjournment last Thursday?
Mr. McKINNON WOODAs I informed my hen. Friends who have spoken to me on 'this subject, that it is a matter beyond my jurisdiction and control; an answer was given by the Prime Minister on the same afternoon on the same subject.
§ Mr. PIRIEIs it not the case that when my hon. Friend the Member for Edinburgh, who had given notice, spoke on the Adjournment, the right hon. Gentleman was in the Lobby sniggering and laughing? Will he answer that?
§ Mr. PIRIEWas the right hon. Gentleman not in the Lobby at the time? There is plenty of evidence to show that that was the case. He is not leading the Progressive party on the London County Council. He had better mend his manners.
§ Mr. MUNRO-FERGUSONMay I ask the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the fact that only four and a quarter hours have been available for the discussion of the whole of the Scottish Estimates, when only one Vote was completed, he will give an undertaking that on the Report stage to-morrow the Scottish Estimates will be taken at an hour when it is possible for them to be considered by the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERI am sorry I did not receive notice of this question, but I will consider it.