§ MR. T. B. POTTERsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary to the Poor Law Board, Whether, considering the advanced period of the Session, it is his intention to proceed with those Clauses in the Poor Law Bill which are likely to give rise to protracted discussion?
§ MR. SCLATER-BOOTHsaid, he should not at this period of the Session wish to proceed with those clauses of the Bill which were likely to give rise to protracted discussion. He therefore proposed to go into Committee on the Bill pro formâ that evening, and to omit from it clauses from 4 to 10 inclusive, 23 to 25 inclusive, 33 to 41 inclusive, and 46 to 48 inclusive. There was also a series of clauses referring to the election of guardians, which he proposed to retain; but he should not like to proceed with them if he thought they would lead to anything like lengthened debate. He did not, however, anticipate that such would be the case.