§ MR. THOMAS HUGHESsaid, he would beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether it is with the sanction of the Government that the Tax Collectors of the South of London are issuing Notices that unless Assessed Taxes due on the 20th of March last are paid on or before the 20th of July, the person neglecting to pay will be disqualified from voting at the coming Election?
§ MR. SCLATER-BOOTHsaid, in reply, that the Government had given no sanction to the proceeding referred to by the hon. Member. His attention being called to the Question on the previous evening by the hon. Member for Greenwich, he caused inquiry to be set on foot, and if the hon. Member would repeat his Question on a subsequent evening, such information as he possessed would be afforded.
§ MR. THOMAS HUGHESasked that the answer might be given to him privately, for the date mentioned in the Question was the 20th instant, and the House would not sit again until that day.