§ LORD LYTTELTONsaid, he understood the Government had no objection to the second reading of this Bill. There were some alterations, in point of detail, which he intended to make, and he should have them printed in order that the House might be in possession of them before the Bill went into Committee. The noble Lord concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time.
§ The EARL of ELLENBOROUGHthought the Bill required very great amendment. It seemed to him a rather inconvenient course for the noble Lord to make any alterations before he had heard any discussion upon the Bill. It would be much better, in his opinion, to ascertain in the first instance the views of the House in regard to the measure.
§ EARL GRANVILLEhad no doubt the object of the Bill was a very desirable one; but many of its clauses were of a very stringent character, and though the Government would not oppose the second reading, they would reserve to themselves the power of objecting to any portion of it in the further stages of its progress.
§ The EARL of ELLENBOROUGHsaid, what he objected to was, that though the Bill imposed a penalty on parents who neglected to get their children vaccinated, it afforded no facilities for the people doing so, and the Amendment which he should propose in Committee would have for its object the supplying of such facilities.
§ LORD LYTTELTONexpressed his willingness to assent to any proposal for increasing the facilities for vaccination among the poorer classes.
§ Bill read 2a, and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Tuesday the 12th inst.