§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ Question proposed, "That the Schedule stand part of the Bill."
MR. T. M. HEALYwished to ask the Government if they could not now solve the questions arising in Ireland regarding the display of the Union Jack? This Schedule repealed certain portions of the Act of William IV. There were other sections of that Act, relating to the display of emblems, which had been a source of disturbance in Ireland, and he ventured to suggest that this opportunity should be taken to repeal them.
§ MR. ASQUITHsaid, the Act to which the hon. and learned Member referred was not in this Schedule, and it would perhaps be more convenient if the question were raised on a subsequent Statute Law Revision Bill, when there would be better opportunities for discussing it.
§ SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACHsaid, he had never heard a worse suggestion than to include controversial subjects in a Statute Law Revision Bill, from which they were invariably excluded.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELLwould oppose the introduction of any such thing in a Statute Law Revision Bill.
§ MR. ASQUITHsaid, all he had stated was, that if his hon. and learned Friend chose to raise the point upon a later Bill there would be more time to discuss the matter. He quite agreed that the Statute Law Revision Bills ought to be kept for their proper purpose.
MR. T. M. HEALYsaid, he would not think of making any such proposal as he had indicated unless it could be done with the general assent of the House.
§ Schedule agreed to.
§ Bill reported without Amendment; Bill read the third time, and passed, without Amendment.