§ SIR JOHN LUBBOCK (University of London)I beg to ask the hon. Member for Dulwich (Mr. Blundell Maple) whether, in accordance with the suggestion of the Home Secretary, he would withdraw the block and allow him to move the Second Reading of the Shops (Weekly Half-Holiday) Bill.
§ *MR. BLUNDELL MAPLE (Camberwell, Dulwich)The right hon. Baronet requests me to withdraw my opposition to his Shops (Weekly Half-Holiday) Bill, and let it unanimously pass its Second Reading, with the understanding that it be referred to a Committee. He proposes to close shops for the sake of giving the shop assistants a half - holiday. Having introduced a Bill myself which will accomplish the desired purpose, of giving a half-holiday, without closing the shops, I must decline to recognise the necessity for interfering with the liberty of the shopkeepers and stall-holders of 35 Great Britain and Ireland, as proposed by the right hon. Baronet.
§ SIR J. LUBBOCKI should like further to ask the hon. Gentleman if he will consent to both Bills being referred to the same Committee, in order that the Committee may have an opportunity of judging between them?
§ *MR. BLUNDELL MAPLENo.