§ Mr. NIELDasked the Attorney-General whether, in view of the abuse of the criminal law by prosecutions under the existing law relating to corrupt and illegal practices, he will amend the law so as to provide that no prosecution shall be undertaken without his fiat having been obtained as a condition precedent to any proceedings?
§ Sir RUFUS ISAACSI am not at present inclined to amend the law relating to corrupt and illegal practices by providing that no prosecutions shall be undertaken without the fiat of the Attorney-General.