asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now give a date for the introduction of the Cotton Spinning Redundancy Bill?

The Bill will be introduced to-day.

Can the right hon. Gentleman give us any indication of when the Second Reading of the Bill will take place?

No, Sir, I am afraid I cannot say at present, but I hope the text of the Bill will be available in the Vote Office in a day or two.

Is my right hon. Friend aware that there is considerable opposition to this Bill in the County of Lancashire and will he take into consideration the very large minority view before he finally presses this Bill on the House?

I am quite well aware of what the feeling is in Lancashire, and would point out that there is a very large body of opinion in favour of the Bill which has been very much disturbed at the delays which have occurred.

Are we to take it that some persons have already seen a copy of this Bill before it has been seen by this House?

There are many people who have seen it. A draft Bill is often the subject of discussion.