§ 5 Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary if his attention has been drawn to the representations of the Greenwich and other Metropolitan borough councils asking for an amendment to the Representation of the People Act so as to afford lodgers occupying furnished rooms franchise for municipal elections; and whether legislation will be considered on these lines?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI have received representations from a few Metropolitan borough councils on the subject. The proposal will he noted for consideration.