§ MR. WARRENsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state, custody, and authenticity of certain Non-Parochial Registers or Records of Births, Baptisms, Deaths, Burials, and Marriages in England and Wales; and whether it is the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill, during the present Session, in conformity with the unanimous recommendation of the Commissioners, for the purpose of securing the legal custody of such Non-Parochial Registers, and their being received in evidence in all courts of justice. Also, whether the Government is prepared to carry into effect an important suggestion of the Commissioners, that the draft Bill prepared by and now in the hands of the Registrar General for framing a General Index to all the Parochial Registers in England and Wales since 1701, should be passed into law, and comprise, as recommended by the Commissioners, the Non-Parochial Registers referred to in their Report?
§ MR. WALPOLEsaid, he would in a day or two give notice of his intention to bring in a Bill on the subject.