§ Lords Message [25th March], relating to the appointment of a Joint Committee 628 on Lotteries and Advertisements, considered.
§ Ordered, That a Select Committee of Five Members be appointed to join with a Committee to be appointed by the Lords to inquire into the law:—(1) as to lotteries, including the sale of lottery bonds, competitions for prizes which involve an element of chance, and advertisements relating there to (2) as to indecent literature and pictures and advertisements relating to things indecent or immoral; and to report what Amendments, if any, in the law are necessary or desirable.
§ The Committee was accordingly nominated of:—Mr. Beckett, Mr. Herbert 629 Craig, Mr. Hastings Duncan, Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Henry Joseph Wilson.
§ Ordered, That the Committee have power to send for persons, papers, and records.
§ Ordered, That Three be the quorum.
§ Message to the Lords to acquaint them therewith.—(Mr. George Whiteley.)