§ The Lord Chancellor moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into Committee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill.
The Earl of Mansfieldobserved, that he had not objected to the second reading, neither should he object to going into Committee on the bill though he reserved to himself the right of dissenting from some of the details of the measure, and he hoped that some of them would undergo material alteration.
§ House in Committee.
§ On the clause respecting the constitution of the Board being proposed,
§ The Earl of Mansfield moved, that a proviso be added, to the effect that inspectors of prisons should not be directors of the board.
§ The Earl of Aberdeenobjected to the amendment, as the bill did not provide that inspectors should necessarily be directors of the board.
§ Amendment negatived, the clause agreed to.
§ House resumed.—Bill reported.