§ LORD REDESDALEmoved, that the Bill be now read 2a.
§ The EARL of SHAFTESBURYsaid, he was anxious to call the attention of the House to the first result of their new Standing Order. The London Docks Company stated that the number of houses proposed to be pulled down was 322, and that the number of inhabitants to be displaced was 2,274. No provision had been made to accommodate them. He had, however, received a letter from the secretary to the company, which stated, that although the company were indisposed to become builders, they were prepared to erect on the ground they held dwellings for all their workpeople, and so relieve the pressure on those displaced by the removal from dwellings already occupied of all engaged in their service. This was, he said, an admirable example, which he trusted would be imitated by all improvement companies.
§ Bill read 2a, and committed,