His Majesty's Government adopt the policy of the Education (Scotland) Bill. It is impossible to carry this in the interval before the dissolution, but should His Majesty's present advisers be concerned with the direction of public affairs after the polls, they will certainly carry it foward to the best of their ability. This gives me the opportunity of congratulating my right hon. Friend on the important conceptions and agreements which are embodied in the new Bill, and to assure him of our desire that his own great personal contribution may be embodied in a future Statute.

The question of legislation to enable Ministers to speak or function in either House of Parliament or in Committees of either House is one which raises issues long dormant. It certainly needs to be awakened in the period of stress which lies before us.