§ Colonel Sibthorpasked whether it was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring in a bill to alter the system of issuing Exchequer bills; and also to do away with the office of Comptroller of the Exchequer?
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequerhoped, on a very early day, to be able to state to the House what course he should recommend to be taken in reference to the transactions which had recently taken place with regard to Exchequer bills. It was obvious to the House, from the reports on the Table, that something must be he done by the Government. He had no hesitation in saying, that the subject was under the serious consideration of the Treasury and of the Comptroller general of the Exchequer. He bad no doubt that it would be necessary to introduce some amendment in the law which at present regulated that department. As to abolishing the office of comptroller, he had no hesitation in denying that he had any such intention.
§ Colonel Sibthorpsaid, it was his intention to take the sense of the House on the point.