§ SIR MORTON PETOsaid, he would beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury, When he proposes to bring in a Bill on the subject of a Loan for Fortifications, and whether he proposes to re-commence the suspended works of the Spithead Forts?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONI hope, Sir, very shortly to be able to introduce the Bill in question. It will be brought in as soon as the other business permits, and, in doing so, I shall have to explain its details.