§ SIR JAMES ELPHINSTONEsaid, he wished to ask the Vice-President of the Council, Whether the Government intend to proceed with the Contagious Diseases (Animals) (No. 2) Bill in time to give the House a fair opportunity of discussing it?
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERreplied that he had originally put the Bill down for the first Monday after Easter, but as he had been informed that that day would not suit many Members, in consequence of 1467 the quarter sessions being held on that day, he had since postponed the second reading till Thursday, the 8th of April. It was certainly the intention of the Government to press forward the Bill this Session.
§ COLONEL BARTTELOTsaid, he hoped the right hon. Gentleman would postpone the second reading till the Monday following, instead of Thursday, as a large number of quarter sessions would be held throughout the week.
§ MR. W. E. FORSTERsaid, that if the Bill were to be postponed from time to time, it would be very difficult, considering the state of Public Business, to have it considered at all during the present Session.