§ Order of the Day for the House to be put in Committee (on re-commitment of the Bill) read.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD BIRKENHEAD)My Lords, in moving that the House go into Committee on this Bill it might, perhaps, be convenient that I should make some observations on the subject of an Amendment standing in the name of my noble and learned friend Viscount Cave, to omit Part I of the Bill. I have had the advantage of having had conversations with him, and the points which he has raised, and which he would have put before your Lordships, have been dealt with by the Joint Committee which was appointed for the purpose. Yet the fortunes of the Bill and its usefulness depend on attaining the maximum degree of unanimity possible in the profession, and the authority of the noble Viscount is known to all of us. After discussing the matter with him I have decided to take the course of assenting to the Amendment which stands in his name, with the clearly understood and express purpose of having 487 further discussions with him in the interval with the object of seeing what is the maximum degree of agreement we are able to obtain. I hope we shall be able to reach a degree of common view which will enable the proposals in the Bill to become law.
§ Moved, That the House do now resolve into Committee—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ VISCOUNT CAVEMy Lords, I have heard with great pleasure the statement of the Lord Chancellor. It will be a great pity if, on matters of this kind, there should be a difference among those who are conversant with the law on the subject, and as he has been good enough to suggest a course which is satisfactory to me and those who agree with me, we will do our utmost to arrive at some agreement with the Lord Chancellor and those who agree with him.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House in Committee accordingly.
§ [THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE in the Chair.]
§ VISCOUNT CAVEmoved to delete from the Bill Part I thereof, comprising the following clauses—