§ Mr. FIELDasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, since the Balkan crisis, the Governments of France, Austria, and other countries have intervened with regard to the financial panics on their respective bourses, with the object of preventing a crisis; and whether lie will cause official inquiries to be made especially with respect to the questions of bear gambling operations in options and futures in finance that have taken place during 1912, and lay before the House particulars of the same?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI have no information regarding the first part of the question, but I will bear in mind the suggestion made in the second part.