§ MR. FAWCETTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, When the Commission to inquire into the City Parochial Charities, which the Government announced on the 10th of May it was their intention to appoint, will be appointed; and, whether, if it is necessary to pass an Act of Parliament before such Commission can be appointed, he will state on what day the Bill for that purpose will be introduced?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, said, he regretted that, owing to the lamentable death of Mr. Russell Gurney, whom he had intended to recommend to the Queen as Chairman of the Commission, the proceedings in this matter had been somewhat delayed. No time would be lost in the appointment of the Commission. It would be necessary to bring in a Bill, but the Bill was already drawn.