§ Mr. STANLEY BALDWINI should like to ask the Leader of the House if he has to announce any alteration in the business which was foreshadowed before we parted?
§ The PRIME MINISTERYes, I am sorry to announce to the House that it has been found—at least I am not sorry—that the yield of sugar from beet has been considerably greater on account of the mild weather at the end of the ripening season than was originally estimated. From the Treasury point of view, it means that a further sum will be required, and I felt that it was more convenient to the House that it should be voted in one sum. Therefore, the Supplementary Estimate under the heading of Beet Sugar will be withdrawn to-day, but it will be circulated to-morrow and put down on Thursday. As a matter of fact, it will not be a substantial alteration of business, but just a readjustment of the business which had been drawn up; otherwise, the business will be as announced before the Adjournment.
Ordered,
That no Notices of Amendments on going into Committee of Supply be handed in before Thursday next, and that the Ballot for precedence of such Amendments be taken on that day immediately after Questions."—[The Prime Minister.]