HC Deb 25 March 1867 vol 186 cc470-1
MR. LOWTHER

said, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he can form any estimate of what would be the probable percentage of the Working Classes upon the Borough Register if the proposed Reform Bill became Law?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

There are no data, Sir, on which to form an estimate of what the number of working classes purely on the register would be. No doubt those who would come under the provisions of the new Act would form portions of very various classes.