MR. JOSEPH COWENasked the Attorney General, If, as it will be impossible for the Grand Committee on Law to pass the Criminal Code Bill this Session, he means to persevere further with it?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir HENRY JAMES)said, that if the premises of his hon. Friend were correct—namely, that it would be impossible for the Grand Committee on Law to pass the Bill this Session, of course, he should answer that Question in the negative, and say that he did not mean to persevere further with it. But he had endeavoured to discover the opinion of different Members of the Committee; and, although he admitted that his hopes were not now so strong as they had been in the matter, yet there were Members of the Committee who thought they ought to do their best to pass the measure, and he shared that view with them. He, therefore, did not wish to see the Bill withdrawn, and he hoped that the Committee would still persevere with its consideration, and endeavour to make further progress.