SECOND READING. [ADJOURNED DEBATE.] (Hansard, 30 April 1885)

MR. GEORGE RUSSELL
said, it would be recollected by the House in reference to this matter that there was considerable opposition on the other side of the House the last time the Bill was under consideration. The Local Government Board had carefully considered the question with regard to that part of the Bill relating to the parish of St. Benedict, Cambridge; and they did not feel disposed in view of the opposition that had arisen to press their original suggestion. At the same time, in regard to the Amendment given Notice of by the hon. and learned Member for Cambridgeshire (Mr. Bulwer), it did not appear that a compromise would be arranged 1099 to the satisfaction of the parties particularly interested; and he thought, it would be waste of time to bring the suggested compromise forward. He would now ask that the second reading might be taken with, the understanding that when the Committee stage was reached the Local Government Board would withdraw all that part of the Provisional Order which related to St. Benedicts', Cambridge, letting that matter come to an end in the present year.

§ MR. BULWER
said, he had intended to oppose the Bill; but he thought, if he correctly understood the hon. Gentleman the Secretary to the Local Government Board, the necessity for that opposition to the second reading was removed. He understood that when the Committee stage was reached the Schedule to which he took exception dealing with the parish of St. Benedict—and it was only to that he objected—would be withdrawn from the Bill. Under those circumstances, he withdrew all opposition to the second reading.

§ MR. W. FOWLER
said, did he understand the hon. Gentleman that what he said applied to both parts, the whole of the Bill as regarded the town of Cambridge?

MR. GEORGE RUSSELL
said, all as regarded the parish of St. Benedict.

§ MR. W. FOWLER
said, he would suggest that the Local Government Board should withdraw the other part, leaving the whole of the town unaffected by the Order.

MR. GEORGE RUSSELL
said, the questions relating to both parishes were lather technical and complicated, and unsuited for discussion in the House at that period. If he were allowed to carry the Bill forward through this stage he would carefully consider the whole. All that he now was prepared to do was to withdraw that part which related to the parish of St. Benedict, to which only opposition was now raised. That the Local Government Board were quite willing to do. He was quite ready to consult with the hon. Member (Mr. W. Fowler), before Committee was reached, as to the propriety of withdrawing the other part also.