MR. HEADLAMasked the Vice President of the Board of Trade whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce any measure during this Session of Parliament to regulate the constitution of joint-stock banks, and more especially to apply the principle of limited liability to such establishments?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, in the absence of his right hon. Friend the Vice President of the Board of Trade, he would state that it was the intention of Government to introduce a Bill on the subject; but in the absence of his right hon. Friend he could not answer the second part of the hon. Member's question.