§ MR. PELLasked the President of the Local Government Board, Whether he will lay on the Table of the House a copy of the report made, after inquiry, by Mr. Hedley, one of Her Majesty's Poor Law Inspectors, into the case of Charlotte Hammond, deceased, described in a leading article of the "Times" newspaper of May 26th, 1876, as "manslaughter by starvation," in connection with the administration of the Poor Laws by the Guardians of St. George's, Hanover Square?
§ MR. SCLATER-BOOTH,in reply, said, that he had not yet had an opportunity of reading the Report in detail, and, therefore, he should be sorry to say absolutely that he would lay it on the Table. He was, however, generally acquainted with its purport, and he anticipated that there would be no objection to lay it on the Table. The case was rather of a sensational character, and he should feel it his duty to give the House every information on the subject.