HC Deb 28 January 1930 vol 234 cc846-7
Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

On a point of Order. Before the questions are finally disposed of, may I say that I handed in at the Table a question addressed to the President of the Board of Trade? It is now appearing on the Order Paper as No. 105, addressed to the Secretary for Mines. I suggest that this question was essentially one for the Board of Trade and that it should not have been so transferred to the Secretary for Mines.

Mr. SPEAKER

That is a matter for the Departments concerned.

Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLE

I ask, for my guidance and the guidance of the House, whether you know, Mr. Speaker, that this is a question essentially for the Board of Trade?

Mr. SPEAKER

That is not a matter for me to decide. It is for the Department to say whether or not it will answer a question.