HC Deb 01 May 1888 vol 325 c1024
MR. W. J. CORBET (Wicklow, E.)

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he can state what is the cause of the delay in laying the Return of Lunatic Asylums, ordered on the 19th of August last, upon the Table.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)

This Return is now almost completed, and will, I hope, be in the hands of hon. Members in a few days. The Return is a heavy one, and such delay as there has been is inseparable from the labour involved.