asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the setting up of a Special Joint Committee, with a view to the preparation of the many details connected with the forthcoming Imperial Conference, so that Members of both. Houses would be able to submit to such committee their considered views on various matters of interest to the Empire as a whole?

I do not think that it is necessary to adopt the present suggestion of my hon. and gallant Friend, but I would refer him to the reply given to the hon. Member for Montrose Burghs (Mr. Sturrock) on the 26th March by the Prime Minister, in which he stated that, if there were a general desire for a discussion in the House, he would consider whether it, would be possible to find time for it later in the Session.

Will the right hon. Gentleman say in what way we can best express the opinion that there is a general desire for discussion?

I do not think any difficulty has ever occurred in the solution of that question.