§ MR. COBBETTsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Reports of the Factory Inspectors for the half-year ending on the 30th of April last, have been received by him, and when they will be laid on the table of the House?
§ SIR GEORGE GREYsaid, the Reports in question had been received by him, the letter transmitting them being dated the 9th of the present month. It was, however, quite necessary that the Secretary of State should have time to make himself acquainted with their contents previous to laying them before Parliament, but he believed the Reports would be presented by to-morrow or the next day.