HC Deb 10 March 1881 vol 259 c719
MR. MONK

asked the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the Government proposes to introduce any measure for the reform of the Patent Laws, in either House of Parliament, during the present Session?

MR. CHAMBERLAIN

, in reply, said, that the subject was engaging the attention of the Government; but the state of Public Business would probably preclude the introduction of a measure of reform during the present Session.