§ 51. Mr. HOGGEasked whether a Report of the negotiations between the Government and the National Union of Railway-men is to be published; and, if so, when?
§ The PRIME MINISTERA statement of the result of the negotiations will no doubt be published in due course, but it is not proposed to publish a detailed account of the proceedings at the various meetings that have been and will be held, and no shorthand note is being taken.
§ Mr. HOGGECan the right hon. Gentleman say why the practice has been departed from, by which we were always acquainted in the past?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROh, no. I have had to do with negotiations of this kind for fourteen years, and no report of that kind has ever been published.