HC Deb 08 August 1916 vol 85 c891
Mr. STUART-WORTLEY

Will the right hon. Gentleman say what business it is proposed to take on Thursday?

The PRIME MINISTER

On Thursday we shall take Supply—the Treasury and other outstanding Votes in Committee of Supply. We propose to take the Second Reading of the Dublin Reconstruction (Emergency Provisions) Bill to-morrow.

Mr. HEALY

As first Order?

The PRIME MINISTER

No.

Sir F. BANBURY

Will it be taken after Eleven o'clock?

The PRIME MINISTER

After Supply.

Mr. PRINGLE

Then you expect us to go on after Eleven o'clock?

The PRIME MINISTER

The sooner Supply is finished the better.

Mr. PRINGLE

If we do not go on to Eleven o'clock we cannot take the Bill.

The PRIME MINISTER

We will provide for that.

Mr. R. MCNEILL

When is it proposed to take the Time (Ireland) Bill?

The PRIME MINISTER

I do not know at all.

Sir F. BANBURY

In view of what the right hon. Gentleman said just now, may task whether he remembers that the Order which provides that no other business but Supply can be taken on an allotted day is an Order which has been in existence ever since the year 1902, and the practice was always so long before that. Am I to understand that the right hon. Gentleman intends to alter the Standing Order to enable him, at a late hour, to take a very controversial and contentious Bill?

The PRIME MINISTER

If Supply goes on till Eleven o'clock the question does not arise.

Mr. HOGGE

It will go on till Eleven o'clock.

Sir J. D. REES

When will the right hon. Gentleman take the Municipal Savings Banks (War Loan Investment) (No. 2) Bill?

The PRIME MINISTER

Not to-day.