§ Order for Committee read.
§ DR. CLARK (Caithness)asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to say whether it was the intention of the Government to ask the House to proceed with this Bill, a Bill which would practically recast all the Burgh Police and Public Health laws of Scotland, before the adjournment, or to postpone it until the Autumn Session?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Mr. GOSCHEN) (St. George's, Hanover Square)said, the Government were desirous that full effect should be given to the labour of the Committee upon this Bill, and they were also anxious to consult the wishes of Scotch Members. In the absence of his right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Treasury he could not say more, and proposed to set down the Bill pro formâ for Monday.
§ Committee deferred till Monday next.