§ MR. WESTERNasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is his intention to introduce any general measure for the extinction of Turnpike Trusts; and, if not, whether, in accordance with the recommendation contained in the Report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing Turnpike Trusts, he proposes to deal with those Trusts that are free from debt by omitting them from the annual Continuance Act?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYIt is not the intention of Government to propose at present any general measure for the extinction of Turnpike Trusts; but, in accordance substantially with the recommendation of the Select Committee, it is proposed, with the exception of some very special cases, to omit from the annual Continuance Act trusts that are free from debt.