HC Deb 16 May 1878 vol 240 c22
SIR CHARLES W. DILKE

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, When the Corrupt Practices Bill will be introduced?

THE SOLICITOR GENERAL (Sir HARDINGE GIFFARD)

, in reply, said, that in the present state of Public Business it was impossible to give an absolutely definite answer to the Question, but that the Government hoped shortly to bring in a Bill.