§ MR. NEWDEGATEobserved, that statements having been made of great irregularities in the administration of the criminal law in the Channel Islands, a 1090 Commission had been appointed to inquire into the subject. He wished to be informed whether the Commissioners had made their report—when it would be laid on the Table—and whether Government was prepared to follow it up by any effective measures of reform. He was also desirous of being informed when the promised Commission on the civil law of the Islands would be appointed?
§ SIR G. GREYsaid, that the Commissioners on the criminal law of the Channel Islands had completed their inquiry, but had not yet sent in their report. As soon as it was sent in, it would be laid on the Table. Until it had been examined, he could not state what measures founded upon it could be introduced. As to an inquiry into the civil law of the same Islands, he had before said that it was expedient that the inquiry into the criminal law should first be completed; and whether it would be postponed for another year he could not state—probably not.