§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ Clause 2 (Expenses of local authorities may be allowed).
§ Amendment proposed, in page I, line 13, after the word "Board," to insert the words "in that behalf."—(Mr. Warton.)
§ Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted,"
§ MR. HEALYsaid, when the Amendment was moved on a previous occasion he expressed a hope that the Government would see their way to the insertion of a clause extending the Bill to Ireland. Since then he had been given to understand the Government had agreed to that suggestion, and perhaps it would be convenient to the Solicitor General for Ireland at that point to state his proposal.
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)said, he saw no objection to the Bill being extended to Ireland, and he had prepared an Amendment in the form of a new clause to come in after Clause 3.
§ MR. WARTONsaid, he was willing to do whatever would facilitate progress, and would withdraw his Amendment if the hon. and learned Gentleman wished to introduce words making the clause applicable to the Local Government Board (Ireland). Understanding from the hon. and learned Gentleman's gesture that was not so, he would move the insertion of the words.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clause 3 (Interpretation).
§ THE SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)said, as consequential upon the clause to follow and to make Clause 3 applicable to England he proposed to put in the words "in England."
§ Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 2G, after the word "that," to insert the 123 words "in England."—(Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland.)
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause, as amended, agreed to.
§ New Clause (Application of the Act to Ireland,)—brought up, and read the first time.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause be read a second time."
§ THE SOLTCITOR GENERAL FOR IRELAND (Mr. WALKER)said, it was to the effect that the term Local Government Board should mean the Local Government Board (Ireland), substituting the Act of 1878 for the English Act of 1875, and that the term "Local Authority" should mean Rural Sanitary Authority and Urban Sanitary Authority.
§ MR. HEALYsaid, he was not so conversant with the Act as he ought to be. Did the term "Urban Sanitary Authority" include "Town Commissioners?"
§ Clause agreed to.
§ Preamble agreed to.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill, as amended, be reported to the House."—(Mr. Leake.)
§ MR. HEALYsaid, there was a small matter in connection with the Preamble which, perhaps, it was scarcely worth while referring to; but the Preamble set forth that "whereas doubts have arisen," &c. Those doubts, however, never had arisen in connection with the Irish Act, and it would be better to strike out the Preamble. Those Preambles were all humbug, and were generally omitted. Why have a Preamble at all?
THE CHAIRMANI must remind the hon. and learned Member that the Committee have agreed to the Preamble. Of course the hon. and learned Member could move to omit the Preamble on Report, and the Bill having been amended there must be a "Report" stage.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill reported; as amended, to be considered upon Monday 27th April, and to he printed. [Bill 129.]