§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ Clause 1.
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTsaid, that Amendments had been brought in which had satisfied the Government, and they had been inserted
§ MR. TOMLINSON (Preston)said, the House had never been willing to take the mere testimony of a Minister of the Crown for the fact that the consolidation had been properly carried out. The Bill was of importance to a large number of people, and it ought to be referred to a Select Committee, or tested in some other way.
§ MR. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N. E.)said, there was no real extension of the law involved.
§ MR. TOMLINSON moved to report Progress.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again."—(Mr. Tomlinson.)
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Committee report Progress; to sit again To-morrow.