HC Deb 18 March 1878 vol 238 c1487
MR. DILLWYN

asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he will appoint a Select Committee to consider the question of reporting the Parliamentary Debates?

THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

Sir, I think it would be a very convenient course to appoint a Select Committee on the subject, as it is a matter that largely interests the Members of the House. We have, as I mentioned early in the Session, made a provisional arrangement with Mr. Hansard on the subject; and it would be convenient that both that arrangement and the whole subject should be referred to a Select Committee, and therefore I shall take the earliest opportunity of moving for a Committee.