HL Deb 18 March 1839 vol 46 c791
The Earl of Aberdeen

was anxious to ask the noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government whether, when the papers were presented and printed, the noble Viscount would make any statement explanatory of the war we were engaged in in the East, or whether there was any other information to be presented to the House?

Viscount Melbourne

replied, that there was considerable additional information to lay on the Table of the House on the subject, but that he would not make any statement until the whole information was before their Lordships.

Lord Ellenborough

inquired whether the noble Viscount would make any motion on the production of the papers?

Viscount Melbourne

No. He had not stated that he would make any motion, but he would make a statement when the whole of the papers were before the House.