HC Deb 30 June 1863 vol 171 cc1844-5

Lords' Amendments considered.

Several agreed to.

SIR GEORGE GREY

proposed to agree to an Amendment made by the Lords in Clause 3, with an Amendment as follows:—

Amendment, Page 2, line 28, after "communications," to insert "Provided that any prisoner shall, on request, be allowed to attend the chapel or to be visited by the chaplain of the gaol; every minister appointed or permitted to visit prisoners under this Act shall hold his appointment or permission to visit during the pleasure of the authority by whom he was appointed or permitted to visit, and shall conform in all respects to the regulations of the prison at which he attends; no minister shall be appointed under this Act for any prison in which there is not a chaplain of the Established Church, —read.

Amendment proposed to be made there unto, By leaving out the words "provided that any prisoner shall, on request, be allowed to attend the chapel or to be visited by the chaplain of the gaol."—(Sir George Grey.)

Question put, "That those words stand part of the Amendment."

The House divided:—Ayes 19; Noes 28: Majority 9.

SIR GEORGE GREY

then proposed another Amendment to the Amendment made by the Lords in the same clause—namely, to omit the words "no minister shall be appointed under this Act for any Prison in which there is not a Chaplain of the Established Church."

Question put, "That those words stand part of the Amendment:"—Resolved in the Negative.

Amendment, as amended, agreed to.

Subsequent Amendment agreed to.