§ MR. JASPER MORE (Shropshire, Ludlow)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that a Select Committee which sat in 1892, 1893, on Corn Sales reported that the sale of all cereals, and the products thereof, should be conducted in Great Britain, as in Ireland, by the reference to the hundredweight, or 112 Imperial pounds; and that the members of the 1298 Corn Market at Glasgow passed a resolution in favour of the same; and whether he can see his way to promote the views of the said Committee?
§ MR. RITCHIEYes, Sir, I am aware of the Report of the Select Committee referred to by my hon. Friend, but I am not prepared to introduce any measure on the subject. I would remind my hon. Friend that there is nothing approaching agreement as to the abolition of the present local customs of sale by measure.