HC Deb 13 July 1908 vol 192 cc530-1

Considered in Committee.

(In the Committee.)

Clause 1 agreed to.

Clause 2:

Amendment proposed— In page 1, line 16, after the word 'Department,' to insert the words 'charged with agricultural duties and authorised in writing in that behalf by the Department.'"—(Mr. Joyce.)

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.

Clauses 3 and 4 agreed to.

Clause 5:

Amendment proposed— In page 2, line 35, to leave out subsection 4."—(Mr. T. W. Russell.)

Amendment agreed to.

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."

MR. CARLILE

pointed out that subsection 3 practically provided that the county council should be the judge in its own cause, in regard to what compensation it should give, or whether it should give any at all. He was under the impression that the hon. Gentleman had given an assurance that that should be amended.

MR. T. W. RUSSELL

said he had looked into the matter and the Government were strictly following precedent in this case.

MR. CARLILE

thought it was a very bad precedent.

MR. CLAUDE HAY

asked whether the hon. Gentleman thought it necessary to adhere so strictly to precedent. Was there nothing in the circumstances of to-day in this particular case to warrant him in departing from precedent and being a little more progressive in this matter?

MR. T. W. RUSSELL

No. I See no grounds for any such thing.

Bill reported; as amended, to be considered To-morrow.