§ MR. RATHBONEasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, in case the reduced Bankruptcy Bill passed this Session, the Government would bring in a Consolidation Bill next Session, and refer the same to a Select Committee as had been suggested?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERSir, I regret that the hour at which the Bankruptcy Bill came on this morning was so late that the proceedings could not be reported in the newspapers. But the Attorney General stated, in moving the second reading of the Bill, that his object was to reduce it to an amending Bill of a much shorter description; and he, at the same time, gave an undertaking that a Consolidation Bill should be introduced next Session at an early period. There would be no objection to refer the Consolidation Bill to a Select Committee.