§ MR. STEUARTsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether Her Majesty's Government have had under their consideration the Law regarding the Procedure on Election Petitions, and will be prepared either to introduce a measure after the recess, or to agree to the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the whole subject?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, that, in the course of the discussions upon the subject during the last Session he had expressed an opinion that it was very desirable that any new legislation upon the law regulating the trial and withdrawal of election petitions should be preceded by a careful inquiry into the existing practice. He therefore thought it expedient that a Committee should be appointed during the present Session to conduct this investigation.