§ Lord Cottenhamobjected to some of its details, on the ground that they gave to the Commissioners more power than the Lord Chancellor had ever possessed. He approved altogether of the object of the Bill; but he wholly disapproved of its machinery.
§ Bill read 3ª; Amendments made; Bill passed.
The Marquess of Normanbypresented a petition from the Medical Practitioners of the Metropolis, praying for the adoption of Sanatory Regulations in populous Districts. The noble Marquess complained that the Government had not fulfilled the pledge that had been given respecting the introduction of some measure of this description.
The Duke of Buccleuchsaid, that his noble Friend (the Earl of Lincoln) would have introduced the measure referred to by him for the purpose of making some sanatory regulations in large cities and towns, had not the great pressure of other business interfered and prevented him.
The Marquess of Normanbyobserved, that the noble Duke's statement proved the necessity that existed for some fresh arrangement being made in regard to the measures deemed necessary to be carried through Parliament by the Government. Had the Sanatory Bill been introduced in that House early in the Session, it would now have been ready for the proceedings in the Lower House.
§ Petition read, and ordered to lie on the Table.