HC Deb 11 April 1892 vol 3 cc1221-2

Order for Second Reading read.

MR. KELLY (Camberwell, N.)

I object.

DR. FARQUHARSON (Aberdeenshire, W.)

I merely rise for the purpose of asking the Lord Advocate to give me information——

MR. KELLY

I object.

DR. FARQUHARSON

The hon. Gentleman is premature; his zeal outruns his discretion. I am not about to move the Second Reading. I believe I am at liberty to ask a question. I merely wish to ask the Lord Advocate to be good enough to define the position of the Government in regard to the Bill. Are the Government, having accepted the principle, inclined to look with a sympathetic eye upon the Bill as a means of carrying out that principle?

THE LORD ADVOCATE (Sir C. J. PEARSON,) Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities

It may be a question how far the Bill carries out the spirit of the Resolution agreed to by the House, and certainly the Bill cannot pass its Second Reading without discussion.

Second Reading deferred till Monday, 25th April.