§ MR. LYON PLAYFAIRasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether, at this advanced period of the Session, it is the intention of the Government to proceed with a measure involving so many important interests as the Medical Act Amendment Bill?
§ MR. A. MILLSasked the Vice President of the Council, Whether it is the intention of the Government to proceed this Session with the Medical Act Amendment Bill, now standing for Second Reading on the 5th day of August, against which stage six Notices have been placed on the Order Book, together with three pages of Amendments in the event of the House going into Committee on the Bill?
§ LORD GEORGE HAMILTONSir, in consequence of the opposition by certain Members to this Bill, its chances of becoming law this year daily diminish. My Amendments were put upon the Notice Paper to make clear to the opponents of the Bill the course we intended to take, in the hope that their opposition would be then removed; and until I know the effect of my Amendments, I am unable to give a definite answer as to the fate of the Bill this Session.