§ MR. FAWCETT—who had given notice of a Motion for a Select Committee to inquire whether the provisions of the Inclosure Act, 8 & 9 Vict. c. 118, so far as they relate to the Labouring Poor, 1287 have been duly carried out in the Inclosure Bills annually brought before Parliament; and, further, to inquire whether, in order properly to protect the interest of the public, the Act 8 & 9 Vict. c. 118, requires amendment—understanding that his Motion would be agreed to on his consenting to the Amendment which had been proposed by the right hon. Gentleman the Member for South Hampshire (Mr. W. F. Cowper) said that he would accept the Amendment, although it would somewhat narrow the scope of the inquiry.
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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire whether the Inclosure Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 118, requires amendment."—(Mr. Fawcett.)
§ COLONEL BARTTELOTsaid, that he thought this Bill ought not to be allowed to pass, or be handed over to a Select Committee, without there being a full discussion in the House.
§ MR. W. F. COWPER—after remarking that the original proposal of the hon. Member for Brighton (Mr. Fawcett) would open too wide a field of inquiry—moved the addition of the following words:—
In respect to the provisions for places of public recreation, and for allotments for the labouring poor.
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Amendment proposed,
At the end of the Questions, to add the words "in respect to the provisions for places of public recreation, and for allotments for the labouring poor."—(Mr. William Cowper.)
§ MR. BRUCE, concurring in the remark of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for South Hampshire that the Motion originally proposed by the hon. Member for Brighton would open too wide a field of inquiry, said that the Government would not refuse to accede to the Motion of the hon. Member for Brighton, as it was limited by the Amendment of the right hon. Member for South Hampshire.
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHregretted that the Bill had not first been passed, and supported the addition.
§ Question, "That those words be there added," put, and agreed to.
§ Main Question, as amended, put, and agreed to.
§ Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire whether the Inclosure Act 8 and 9 Vic. c. 118, requires amendment in respect to the provisions for places of public recreation, and for allotments for the labouring poor.
1288§ And, on April 26, Committee nominated as follows:—Mr. WILLIAM COWPER, Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH, Mr. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSKN, Colonel BARTTELOT, Mr. VERNON HARCOURT, Lord GEORGE HAMILTON, Mr. THOMAS CHAMBERS, Mr. KNIGHT, Mr. LEVESON GOWER, Mr. LIDDRLL, Mr. PEASE, Mr. WILLIAM LOWTHER, Mr. ANDREW JOHNSTON, Mr. WALSH, Mr. PHILIP WTKEHAM MARTIN, Mr. PEEK, and Mr. FAWCETT:—Power to send for persons, papers, and records; Five to be the quorum.