§ SIR HENRY HOAREasked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether he is prepared, in the ensuing Session of Parliament, to bring in measures to facilitate the Transfer of Land, to deal with the Law of Entail, and to assimilate the Devolution of Real Estate in cases of intestacy to that of Personal Property?
MR. GLADSTONESir, Her Majesty's Government had not forgotten that they had advised Her Majesty to announce in the Speech from the Throne in 1870 that measures to facilitate the Transfer of Land, to deal with the Law of Entail, and to assimilate the Devolution of Real Estates in cases of intestacy to that of Personal Property, would be submitted by Her Majesty's Government to Parliament. Her Majesty's Government felt that that obligation was still in full force, and they would look for the very earliest opportunity of fulfilling their promise.