§ LORD PARMOOR, who had given Notice to ask His Majesty's Government whether the defaults in disarmament alleged against the German Government include matters for which a time limit is prescribed in Article 203 of the Treaty of Versailles; and to move for Papers, said: My Lords, might I, before the public business begins, say that I have received a notification from the noble Marquess, Lord Salisbury, that he would not be here to-day and asking me not to put the Question which is down on the Paper in my name. Of course, I immediately acceded to that request. I thought at first of putting it down for to-morrow, but I understand that it is doubtful whether he could be here to-morrow, and therefore I have held it over. But the subject is very nearly connected with the Notice that I have placed on the Paper for Tuesday next [relating to the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva], which raises the same matter in a wider form. I hope that when the question of foreign policy is to be discussed, as I understand it is in another place on Tuesday, we shall also have a full opportunity of discussing it here. Perhaps the Lord Chancellor can consider from that point of view whether, if any time is likely to be taken by the Legitimacy Bill, it might not be postponed to another day.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLOROf course, I will consider it.