§ MR. J. M. MACLEAN (Oxford, Woodstock)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, Whether the Government have a Bill prepared for amending the Law of Limited Liability; and, whether, supposing they have abandoned the intention of passing such a Bill into Law this Session, they will introduce it in the House of Lords, so that its provisions may be fully discussed by the mercantile community during the Recess?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. W. H. SMITH) (Strand, Westminster)This subject has engaged the serious attention of the Government, and a Bill has been drafted; but the 1894 hon. Member is aware that it is a subject of very great difficulty, and, under all the circumstances, the Government do not think it desirable to legislate upon it in the course of the present Session.