§ MR. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N.E.)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, If the Government will, during the recess, consider the advisability of introducing a Bill to consolidate and codify the Criminal Law?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Lord RANDOLPH CHURCHILL) (Paddington, S.)The subject is undoubtedly one of first class importance, and I earnestly hope it may be in the power of the Government to deal with it before any great lapse of time.