§ Mr. Dennistoun,wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to support a measure for preventing burial in towns. He knew that many parties who were anxious to establish cemeteries, had been deterred from doing so in consequence of the uncertainty as to the course which the Government intended to take. He begged to ask the right hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham) whether he thought, by any measure which the Government might support, it would be permitted to establish a cemetary within the Parliamentary boundaries of Glasgow?
§ Sir James Grahamwas not aware of the precise nature of the provisions of the Bill which his hon. Friend the Member for Lymington (Mr. Mackinnon) intended to introduce. He had, however, already stated to the House that, after having given the subject the most anxious consideration, he was not prepared to introduce any measure to prevent the practice of interment in cities. With respect to the question which had been put by the hon. Gentleman as to whether it would be permitted to bury within the Parliamentary boundaries of the City of Glasgow, he could only say that, if he recollected rightly, those boundaries included the whole of the suburban grounds around Glasgow; and to prohibit the erection of cemeteries within such boundaries appeared to him to be most unreasonable.