§ MR. CHAPLINI beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any information as to the probable date when the Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Law may be expected; and, if so, whether there is any reasonable ground for expecting that it may be presented by the time that Parliament reassembles in October or during that month.
§ MR. JOHN BURNSMy right hon. friend has asked me to reply to this Question. I stated on 20th May last that the Royal Commission hoped they might be able to present their Report in the autumn, but that it was impossible to give a precise date by which it would be issued. I have since made further inquiry on the subject, but I cannot add anything to what I then stated.
§ MR. CHAPLINI will repeat the Question very shortly.