On Tuesday Mr. Asquith brought in a motion appropriating the
time of private Members on all but two of the Wednesdays before Whitsuntide. He explained that in no other way could the Government secure the carrying out of their intention of getting the Parliament Bill through the House of Commons
at a reasonably early date in the month of May." He added that he hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be able to introduce the schemes for insurance against invalidity and unemployment at a very early date, and that the Bill which embodied them might be read a second time before the Whit- suntide recess and sent "for consideration by a Comm!ttee upstairs." Finally, Mr. Asquith stated the Government's intention of obtaining before Whitsuntide the second reading of " their proposals dealing with the amendment of the law with regard to the employment of the funds of trade unions."
