§ MR. PURVIS (Peterborough)On behalf of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for the Sleaford Division of Lincolnshire, I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he can state whether the Royal Commission now sitting has considered and completed an ad interim Report on that branch of their inquiry which relates to arsenic in beer; and if so, is he able to say when that Report will be presented.
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY (Mr. A. J. BALFOUR, Manchester, E.)I am informed that an Interim Report may be expected in the course of next week from the Royal Commission dealing with that part of the reference which is connected with arsenic.