§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanOn a point of Order. May I call attention to the fact that it is almost impossible for Scottish Members to get early answers to their questions that are put upon the Paper, for the reason that those questions are usually put down at a point which does not get reached at Question Time? May I respectfully submit that further consideration should be given to the arrangement of questions, so that it should be done in such a way that Scottish Members should be able to get oral answers from Ministers on Tuesdays?
§ Mr. BoothbyOn that point of Order. May I respectfully point out that I never remember a Session in which Scottish. Members have had more opportunities of getting oral answers to their questions than the present Session.
Mr. SpeakerIt is very difficult to arrange for every section of the House to get their questions answered orally owing to the very large number of questions that are put on the Paper and also to the large number of supplementary questions that are put.
§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanMay I point out that the Secretary of State for War has two sections on the Order Paper today, and that on the usual Scottish day it is almost impossible to get Scottish. questions answered?
Mr. SpeakerThe questions addressed to the Secretary of State for War are divided to-day by the questions addressed to the Prime Minister and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir A. Lambert WardIs it not a fact that the Secretary of State for War has to-day, at any rate, done his best by answering 12 questions at once?