§ Sir F. LOWEasked the Home Secretary whether the Commissioners appointed under the Representation of the People 504W Act to suggest a scheme for applying proportional representation to 100 selected constituencies have sent out emissaries to ascertain local views on this question; whether these emissaries have been sympathetically received; and whether they have discovered in any of the constituencies visited that there exists any great knowledge of the subject or any real desire on the part of the electors to be included in the scheme?
§ Sir G. CAVEI am informed that the Commissioners propose to ascertain local feeling with regard to the application of proportional representation in those areas which they select for the purpose by means of local inquiries, of which due notice will be given in the locality. None of these inquiries have yet been held.