§ MR. HODGKINSONasked the Prime Minister, Whether he could afford the House any information with respect to the proposed abolition of Passports?
MR. GLADSTONEThis afternoon Earl Granville received a communication from the French Government to the effect that arrangements will soon be made—in fact, almost immediately—by which it is hoped that the loss of time and money attending the present system of passports will be avoided.