§ *THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA (Viscount CROSS)My Lords, there were three Bills which passed the Second Reading here not very long ago in which many of your Lordships take an interest—the Industrial Schools Bill, the Reformatory Schools Bill, and the Juvenile Offenders' Bill. I think it might he convenient if the noble and learned Lord, who is Chairman of the Standing-Grand Committee on Law, to which those Bills were referred, can state to the House 2 when ho thinks that Committee will be able to take those Bills into consideration.
§ LORD HERSCHELLMy Lords, at the last meeting of the Committee the Open Spaces Bill still remained uncompleted, several clauses having to be considered. The Bill of my noble and learned Friend on the Woolsack also has to be considered, and the labours are yet incomplete of the sub-Committee on the Partnership Bill, which is still in progress. Inasmuch as those measures stand in front of these three Bills, it would probably be more convenient that they should not be commenced until Tuesday week.
§ *VISCOUNT CROSSI understand that some noble Lords have Amendments to move upon these Bills. I think I must make an appeal to those noble Lords who wish to move Amendments that they will place them as soon as possible on the Paper, so that the Home Office officials may have time to consider them before they come on for discussion in Committee.