§ MR. G. GOOCH (Bath)To ask the President of the Local Government Board whether he can now definitely inform the House as to when the Reports of the Poor Law Commission and the Committee on Coast Erosion will be presented to Parliament.
2061 (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) It is hoped that the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law, so far as relates to England and Wales, will be presented early in the new year. Further Reports will be made subsequently as regards Scotland and Ireland. The Royal Commission on Coast Erosion contemplate presenting their Report on Afforestation in the coarse of next month; but it is not anticipated that their final Report, which will deal with the question of erosion, will be ready for some time.