§ Mr. D. Maclean, referring to the report of Mr. Chadwick, relative to the sanitary condition of the labouring poor begged to ask his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in consequence of that report, her Majesty's Government contemplated introducing, during the present Session, any measure to carry out its recommendation, or to proceed with the bill which had been introduced in a former session.
§ Sir James Grahamhad already stated to the House, and he would then repeat, that with reference to that report, it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to introduce a bill for the regulation of building within the metropolis, and his noble Friend the Commissioner of the Woods and Forests would soon introduce 875 that bill. It had been thought desirable to confine its provisions, in the first instance, to the metropolis, and if it should succeed there, it would be very easy to extend it to the large towns. He hoped that the bill would be laid before the House next week. Upon a full consideration of the subject, it was thought that the bill of a former Session could not be adopted, and that it was not calculated to remedy the evils complained of. The subject was most intricate and difficult; it was connected with the right of drainage in large cities, and the dealing with the rights of owners: it was a matter which required scientific knowledge and practical experience; and, on the whole, her Majesty's Government had thought it best to refer the report and its recommendation to a commission.