He protests in favour of Lord Monteagle's motion for inquiry into the sliding scale of corn duties; of Lord Normanby's motion on the queen's speech in 1843, for inquiry into the state of Ireland (then wholly under military occupation); of Lord Radnor's bill to define the constitutional powers of the home secretary, when Sir James Graham opened Mazzini's letters.
There would be widespread dismay were the legislation not to feature in the next Queen's speech.
The accompanying note to the Queen's Speech referred to these officers freed " to concentrate on crime in England and Wales " .
New legislation to be outlined in the Queen's Speech will speed up payments to mothers in cases of disputed paternity.
