§ Mr. LOUIS SMITHasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the China Indemnity Bill proposes the expenditure in this country of a large sum of money for the relief of unemployment, he proposes to expedite its passage through the House?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe hon. Member will have observed that the Second Reading of this Bill was taken on the day of the resumption of the House after the Christmas Adjournment. There will be no avoidable delay, so far as the Government are concerned, in taking the further stages.