§ MR. BOWRINGasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether Her Majesty's Government were willing to entertain the question of relaxing the stringency of the provisions of section 13 of the "Prevention of Crimes Act, 1871," so far as relates to the minimum weights which dealers in old metals may purchase of such metals, as set forth in the schedule to that Act?
MR. BRUCESir, in reply to my hon. Friend I have to say that I have received several memorials on the matters referred to in the Act mentioned, and that I shall be prepared to introduce a short amending Bill on the particular subject to which he refers.