§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee, read, and discharged.
§ LORD CARLINGFORD (LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL), in moving that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee, said, that the measure was a very necessary attempt to improve the law relating to the registration of poisons. The subject was one of some perplexity and no little difficulty, and he hoped their Lordships would agree to the Motion.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be referred to a Select Committee."—(The Lord President.)
135THE EARL OF MILLTOWN, who had given Notice that on the Motion for going into Committee on the Bill he would move—"That the House resolve itself into Committee on the Bill this day six months," said, he felt very strongly that a measure on this subject was necessary, right, and proper. At the same time, however, he was of opinion that the Bill now before their Lordships was not a good one, and that it was extremely likely to harass and hamper legitimate trade. It had been brought forward without any reference to the interests of the trade or to the interests of the public; and on that ground he appealed to the noble Lord some time ago to refer it to a Select Committee. The noble Lord did not at the time see his way to respond to the appeal, but had now done so; and he had no doubt that the inquiry on the subject would prove to be of great value even if the Bill did not pass this Session. He should withdraw his Notice on the Paper, and he hoped the Motion of the noble Lord would be carried.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill referred accordingly.