§ MR. HADFIELDsaid, he wished to ask the Solicitor General, When he intends to proceed with the Criminal Laws Consolidation Bills?
THE SOLICITOR GENERALsaid, he was sorry to say that in the present state of the public business it was not possible for him to name a day—certainly not an early day—for proceeding with those Bills. But after the careful consideration they had received from a Select Committee of the other House last Session, and of a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the present Session, he hoped that no great time would be required for their consideration. He should bring them forward on as early a day as the state of the public business would permit.