§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, considering that there are nearly 10,000,000 members in Burial Societies and Industrial Assurance Companies, with an income of about £4,000,000 annually, the Government will appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the operation of Section 30 of the Friendly Societies Act; and, if not, by what means the Government intend to get the necessary information during the Recess?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square), in reply, said, the Government were fully alive to the extreme importance of the difficult matter to which the Question referred. They did not propose, as at present advised, to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the subject. He could assure the hon. Member that there was every disposition to supply information on every side; the Government was fully able to make a thorough inquiry without a Royal Commission, which involved expensive machinery. They would do their best to get all possible information during the Recess.