HC Deb 29 April 1856 vol 141 cc1706-7
SIR JOHN PAKINGTON

said, he wished to know whether the Government were prepared to proceed with the Church Rate Bill of the hon. Baronet the Member for the Tower Hamlets, (Sir W. Clay) which stood for committal on the Orders of the Day for to-morrow, and which they had virtually accepted? He thought the Bill ought to be postponed until certain Returns for which he had moved had been made, and he hoped the Government would accede to that opinion.

SIR GEORGE GREY

said, that the right hon. Baronet was in error in supposing the Bill of his hon. Friend the Member for the Tower Hamlets had been adopted by the Government. He (Sir G. Grey) meant, when it came under their consideration in Committee to-morrow, to move the Amendments of which he had given notice.