HC Deb 22 May 1924 vol 173 cc2386-7
29 Mr. MONTAGUE

asked the Home Secretary whether it is intended to advise the setting up of a Royal Commission to inquire into the consolidation and amendment of the various branches of the criminal law of England and Wales and to prepare draft Bills relating thereto or, alternatively, to prepare a criminal code fo England and Wales which shall amend as well as consolidate the ciminal law?

Mr. HENDERSON

There is no intention at present to advise the setting up of such a Royal Commission.