§ DR. THOMPSONasked the First Lord of the Treasury if, in the event of no separate Royal Commission being appointed for Ireland or Scotland, he would take care that a full and searching inquiry into the whole Poor Law systems of both countries would be assured by the investigations of the promised Royal Commission for England.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURI think the reference to the Commission will enable it to make a complete survey of the whole problem of the relief of distress.
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONWill there be only one Commission?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURYes, Sir, that is the direction in which I incline at present. I believe the common opinion inclines in that direction also.