§ 47. Mr. Lewisasked the Prime Minister why he will not make a statement on his conference with seven Ministers of Her Majesty's Government held at Chequers on Saturday, 23rd February.
§ The Prime MinisterIt is not the practice to make statements about the deliberations of Her Majesty's Ministers.
§ Mr. LewisWould I, therefore, be right in assuming that the subject of discussion was the number of by-elections which the Government keep losing? If that was one of the subjects, are we now to take it that every time there is a by-election which goes against the Government—which will be every by-election—we shall have a meeting of seven Ministers all going down in seven cars to Chequers to discuss these great victories for the Opposition?
§ The Prime MinisterNow that the hon. Gentleman has had the satisfaction of making his impromptu supplementary, I think we will leave it at that.