The Marquis of Salisburybegged to inquire of the noble and learned Lord on the Woolsack, whether it was his intention, or that of any other member of his Majesty's Government, to redeem the pledge given by the noble and learned Lord during the last Session, to submit some proposition to their Lordships for amending the present system of Poor-laws. He felt, that this subject was of vital importance to the country, and seeing that no allusion was made to it in his Majesty's Speech, he feared it was the intention of Ministers to overlook it for the present.
The Lord Chancellorwould not undertake to say whether it was, or was not, the intention of his Majesty's Government to call the attention of Parliament to this important subject, or, if they did, at what period of the Session it was probable they would do so; but this he would say, that if no other individual undertook the duty, he would undertake it himself, and unquestionably some measure on the subject would be brought forward by some member of his Majesty's Government.