§ MR. HOWELLI beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will introduce a Bill to consolidate the law relating to Poor Law relief and cognate subjects; and, if not, whether the Local Government Board will present to this House a digest of the laws relating to the relief of the poor?
§ *MR. H. H. FOWLERLooking to the present engagements of the Government, I cannot hold out any expectations 244 that I can bring in a Bill for the consolidation of the law relating to Poor Law relief, and I fear that I cannot undertake to present to the House a digest of the laws as suggested.