§ MR. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N. E.)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether the Government has, during the Recess, considered the question addressed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer last Session, as to the advisability of issuing in a cheaper form a new and revised edition of the Statutes, with Index and Tables up to date; and, whether Her Majesty's Government will undertake that such new edition shall be issued with the view of bringing the Statute Law of England within the means and reach of a larger class of readers?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)I am informed that the question of a new and revised edition of the Statutes is under the consideration of the Statute Law Committee, and with it the question of a cheaper form of edition. The Committee have not, as yet, made their formal recommendation, as there are many details connected with a new edition which require settlement; but I may be allowed to state that I sympathize with the object which the hon. Member has in view, and I hope it may be attained.