HL Deb 09 August 1875 vol 226 cc727-8
LORD REDESDALE

moved for— A Return of Number of Causes effective for Hearing at the commencement of the present Session; number of Causes set down for Hearing from the commencement of the present Session up to the Whitsuntide Recess; total number of effective Causes before Whitsuntide; total number of Causes heard during the present Session, distinguishing the number of such Causes as were brought into the House during the present Session; and the number of Causes set down for Hearing subsequently to the Whitsuntide Recess. The noble Lord said, that having given some attention to the subject, he thought he could state that the number of causes effective for hearing in their Lordships' House at the commencement of the present Session was 23, the number set down for hearing from the commencement of the present Session up to the Whitsuntide Recess 24, making the total number of effective causes before Whitsuntide 47. The total number of causes heard during the present Session was 47. Of these 47 causes, 7 were brought into the House during the present Session, and the number of causes set down for hearing subsequently to the Whitsuntide Recess was 14.