§ Adjourned Debate on Second Reading [2nd August].
§ MR. ASQUITHhoped that no objection would be raised to passing this stage of a Bill which had with unanimous consent passed in another place, lie did not know that any objection had been urged to the Second Reading, and to points of detail he would give every attention in Committee.
§ * MR. TOMLINSONtook exception to I he provision in the second clause for the appointment of a check weigher for a term of years. This matter was important in the interest of those for whose 885 sake the appointment was made. Check weighers were appointed by the workmen to check the weighing of the man appointed by the employers, and it might happen that by the extension of the works the number of men employed might greatly increase, and a man who received his appointment at the instance of, say, 50 miners might not find favour with a body numbering 200. This was a point important enough to demand consideration, and the proper lime for that was on the Second Reading.
§ MR. ASQUITHsaid, if any serious objection were offered to that lie would be quite prepared to drop the provision, for he did not regard it as essential. The first clause was the important part of the Bill.
§ Objection being taken, Debate further adjourned till To-morrow.