§ MR. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N. E.)I beg to ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he will bring in a Bill during the present Session to consolidate the Poor Laws?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD (Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, Bradford, Central)Looking to the engagements of the Government during the present Session, I cannot hold out any expectation, that I shall be able to bring in a Bill to consolidate the Poor Laws.
§ MR. HOWELLI shall take the earliest opportunity of calling attention to the subject.