MR. GATHORNE HARDYasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he will lay upon the Table a Copy of the "legal and technical" objections to the Pedlars' Act which the Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland states to have been submitted 958 to him; and, whether he can produce Reports as to the general working of that Act in the United Kingdom?
MR. BRUCE, in reply, said, he would lay on the Table a Report which contained the "legal and technical" objections, and also selections from more important Reports, dealing with the same subject in England. A Bill founded upon these Reports had been prepared to amend the Act of last year, and he hoped to ask leave to introduce it shortly.