The Education Bill drags along very slowly in Committee, and it is clear that a drastic use of the closure will be necessary to get it through. The "Times" points out that after the Home Rule Bill of 1893 had been 33 days in Committee, Mr. Gladstone proposed and carried his resolution to fix a date on which the clauses would be closured in batches. The Education Bill has now been 36 days in Committee; and it cannot be denied that Mr. Balfour, although he adheres resolutely to the provision by which the
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