§ MR. KINNAIRDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary State for the Home Department, Whether it is the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of the "Metalliferous Mines," in accordance with the recommendations of the Mines Commission?
§ MR. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSENsaid, that the subject had received the full consideration of the Government, and though he was not prepared to say 315 that a Bill was in actual preparation, he hoped that legislation on the subject would not be long postponed.