Lord Teynhammoved that the Report which had been brought up from the Commons together with the evidence, relative to the employment of children in factories should be printed. He would also give notice, that on the 1st of next month he would introduce a Bill, the object of which would be, to have inspectors and guardians appointed of the children employed in factories, justice calling aloud upon the House for some measure to prevent a continuation of the present demoralizing and injurious effect of the system.
Lord Ellenboroughdid not rise to oppose the printing of the Report moved by the noble Lord, but he rose for the purpose of calling their Lordships' attention to the subject of printing reports and evidence generally. He was exceedingly anxious to have the evidence of the Select Committee of the other House of Parliament on a most important subject—the charter of the East-India Company—laid upon the Table and printed, but he was deterred from doing so on account of the vast expense of printing it. When he mentioned that the evidence occupied no fewer than thirteen folio volumes their Lordships need not be told that the expense of printing must be enormous. This had induced him not to move for the information. He begged to suggest to noble Lords the propriety of considering the expense thus incurred; and he thought it would be well to see whether by some arrangement the double expense of printing reports might not be avoided. He thought that some plan might be 837 devised that the information thus possessed might be communicated to each House as required, and the double expense of printing done away with.
§ Earl Greyagreed with the noble Baron who had just spoken, that the expenses of printing such a report as that mentioned by him would be enormous. With respect to the suggestion made by the noble Baron as to each House furnishing reports to the other, he begged to state, that the subject had been under the consideration of a noble friend in the other House of Parliament, and that Ministers would be very glad if a plan could be devised to save the expenses incurred by printing double reports.
§ Motion agreed to.