HC Deb 25 February 1884 vol 284 cc1844-5
MR. BROADHURST

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether his attention has been called to the following paragraph in The City Press of January 26th, this year:— Some of the minor Companies are setting their houses in order with a view to avoid confiscation should that time arrive, and they are also, in the words of 'Mr. Thwaites Trust,' making themselves comfortable with the money that has been, in most cases, subscribed by themselves, and which, until threatened by a Royal Commission, had been carefully husbanded; and, whether, pending the Report of the Royal Commission now sitting on City Companies, he will consider what steps should be taken to prevent the alienation of the property in question?

SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT

No, Sir; I do not think the Government will take any measures at all pending the presentation of the Report of the Royal Commission.