§ Lord Wharncliffe, adverting to the practice of printing the evidence taken before Committees, suggested that the expense of printing evidence taken on private Bills ought not to fall upon the public.
§ The Marquess of Lansdownethought that it would be highly desirable that some general and definite arrangement should be adopted with reference to this subject.
§ The Duke of Wellingtonthought that as this evidence was printed for the use of the House, it ought to be printed at the expense of the House. The evidence was not printed for the convenience of parties, but for the convenience of the House, and he did not think that private parties ought to be called on to pay the expense of printing under such circumstances.
The Duke of Cumberlandsaid, the printing the evidence was ordered entirely for their Lordships' convenience, and he therefore thought it ought to be done at the public expense.
§ Lord Wharncliffesaid, that if they were determined to have this evidence printed at the expense of the House they ought not to feel surprised at having to pay a heavy bill at the end of the Session, for the expense of printing matters of this nature would be considerable. At the same time, if that were their Lordships' opinion he should move that the evidence on the Hull and Selby Railway case be printed.—Ordered.