§ (The Earl of Devon.)
§ (No. 281.) COMMITTEE.
§ House in Committee (according to Order.)
§ THE EARL OF DEVONsaid, that the remarks of the noble Earl (the Earl of Denbigh) applied to this Bill as well as to the previous one, and he therefore desired to express his own readiness, and that of the Government, to place the subject, with a due regard to the rights of conscience, on a satisfactory footing. It was in no way intended, by postponing any clauses for carrying out this object, to preclude what he hoped would be satisfactory legislation next year.
§ THE EARL OF DENBIGHregretted an Amendment which had been made in this Bill in the course of its passage through the other House, the effect of which was to make the visitation by a priest or minister of a youthful offender, and his attendance at a service other than that of the Established Church, dependent upon the requisition of a parent or guardian, who might be resident at such a distance as to render his interposition practically impossible.
§ THE EARL OF DEVONconcurred in regretting that the original clause had not been retained in the Bill.
§ Bill reported, without Amendment; Amendments made: Bill to be read 3a To-morrow, and to be printed as amended.