§ SIR WILFRID LAWSONasked the hon. Member for Walsall, What steps he proposes to take with reference to the Petition presented to the House on the 11th July from Manchester, against shortening the hours for the sale of drink?
§ MR. C. FORSTER, in reply, said, the subject had been anxiously considered by the Committee which sat upon Petitions. Many of the signatures were found to be in the same handwriting, and the Committee had directed him to move, on Monday next, that the Order for laying the Petition on the Table should be discharged and the Petition rejected. At the same time, if the parties desired to offer rebutting evidence with a view of getting the Petition restored, he should be glad to offer every facility for that course. The question would come on at the close of the Private Business.