§ MR. GREGORYnow wished to ask whether the noble Lord intended to introduce any provisions into the Poor Law Bill which would limit relief to non-occupiers of land; because, if the noble Lord replied in 1243 the affirmative, a Motion which he intended to make would fall to the ground; but if the noble Lord replied in the negative, he must then alter the Motion. Another question he wished to ask was, how soon might they expect to have an intimation on a Bill from Government on the subject of vagrancy?
LORD J. RUSSELL, in respect to the first question, would, rather than give an answer now, prefer that the hon. Gentleman should bring forward a clause in the shape in which he wished his proposition to be put, in order that the opinions of Gentlemen might be heard regarding it; and then he would state what he thought ought to be the amount of land possessed in order to place a person beyond the description of destitute. He was afraid that if it were to be laid down that relief was not to be given to any person holding land, it would exclude from relief many who had only a small patch of land attached to their cabins, and he did not consider that such persons ought to be excluded. As to the other question of the hon. Gentleman, he might state that a Bill on the subject of vagrancy would be introduced, but not till the present Bill had passed the House.