§ MR. CARVELL WILLIAMS (Nottingham, S.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, When the Return of Election Expenses incurred by Candidates at the last General Election will be presented?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CHILDERS) (Edinburgh, S.)The three portions of this Return—English, Scotch, and Irish—have been duly received, and are now in the hands of the printers; 1718 but the Irish portion is not in a very complete state and will require to be completed in proof. The Return will be presented in "dummy" this afternoon, and no time will be lost in preparing it for publication, but the revision of proofs will take considerable time.