Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 25 Gorffennaf 1922.
I would say at once that if I am at fault in not having carried out any promise made to my hon. Friend (MT. Balfour) I express the deepest regret. I was not aware that I was under an obligation to show him the words of the Clause just passed, but it has been on the Order Paper for something like seven days, and perhaps he will allow me to say with the greatest sincerity that I have been trying to meet him in the precincts of the House, and have not been fortunate enough to do so. I hope that explanation will remove from his mind any idea that there was intended discourtesy to him.