§ MR. PICKERSG1LL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to the interval which elapses between the date when a Public Bill in Parliament receives the Royal Assent and the date when copies of the Act of Parliament are obtainable by the public; 1517 whether he is aware that copies of The Marriage with Foreigners Act, 1906, which received the Royal Assent on the 29th November, cannot yet be obtained, and that copies of the 23 Acts which ware passed on the 4th August were not obtainable until on or about the 27th August; and whether, having regard to the inconvenience which is caused by this delay, he will communicate with the King's printer with a view to secure earlier publication.
§ THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TEEASUEY (Mr. McKenna, Monmouthshire, N.)As soon as I saw my hon. friend's Question on the notice Paper, I made inquiries into the matter, and I am causing steps to be taken by which I hope to effect a considerable improvement.