HC Deb 21 March 1867 vol 186 c293
MR. BANKS STANHOPE

said, he wished to put a Question to Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer relating to the omission of Parts of Lindsey from the Schedule of the Reform Bill owing to a typographical error, and would beg to ask, Whether it would be supplied in Committee?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

said, he had received a communication from his hon. Friend on this subject, pointing out the inaccuracy, with which he had not been previously acquainted. Perhaps the best explanation he could give would be to produce the original passage as sent to the printer on the authority of a gentleman known by the House, and whose word would be at once taken as a voucher for the truth of the statement—he meant Mr. Grieve, who draughted the Bill. There would be no objection to make the correction when an opportunity offered.

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