THE EARL OF ROSEBERYasked the noble Marquess the Secretary of State for Scotland, Whether he could give their Lordships any information with reference to what prospect there was of passing the Bill enlarging the powers of his Department?
THE SECRETARY FOR SCOTLAND (The Marquess of LOTHIAN), in reply, said, he proposed to lay the Bill on the Table in the course of the next two or three days; he was sorry he had not been able to introduce the Bill earlier. He hoped that the Bill would be satisfactory to the noble Earl; and although it was late in the Session, he trusted that it would be possible to pass it without delay through both Houses of Parliament.