§ MR. ARTHUR PEELasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, seeing that the Government have withdrawn their Rivers Conservancy Bill, while the need of legislation on the subject is becoming daily more pressing, the Government will consent to the issue of a Royal Commission to examine into the condition of one or more selected river basin areas, and to report upon the best means of constituting a conservancy authority, and upon the fairest practical principles of rating and representation?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, the Government have considered the question, and they are not of opinion that it would be desirable, at present, to appoint a Royal Commission.