HC Deb 10 March 1879 vol 244 c528

In reply to Mr. E. JENKINS,

MR. E. STANHOPE

Sir, the Return for which the hon. Member asks would be voluminous, and would hardly give all the information requisite for arriving at the merits of the case. But as the subject is one of considerable importance, about which it is desirable that no misapprehension should prevail, my noble Friend (Viscount Cranbrook) proposes to appoint a small departmental Committee to make a thorough inquiry into it. I will lay their Report, when received, upon the Table.