HC Deb 23 January 1947 vol 432 c86W
110. Mr. Palmer

asked the Attorney-General when it is proposed to bring Section 3 of the Solicitors Act, 1041, into operation.

The Attorney-General

Before Subsections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 3 of the Solicitors Act, 1941, can be brought into operation, the Lord Chancellor must be satisfied, on a poll of all practising solicitors taken by the Council of the Law Society, that not less than two-thirds of those voting are in favour of the provisions coming into operation. Owing to the absence from their practices of a large number of solicitors on national service, the Council have not yet taken this poll, but I understand that they intend to do so next summer.