§ MR. BROADHURSTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he is now in a position to give a reply to the memorial of the cotton operatives for a medical inquiry into the system of oversizing of cotton cloth?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTYes, Sir; the facts placed before me are sufficient to justify and call for a medical inquiry being held into the effect upon the persons employed on this process.