Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am ar 27 Gorffennaf 1923.
The right hon. Gentleman is quite right, and I misunderstood him, but that is sufficient for my purpose. I believe that sufficient has been said to convince him that in ridiculing the terms of this Amendment, as he did, he was really stepping a little too far. He ridiculed the Amendment because he said this Bill, in effect, extended the existing rights, but the operative words of the Amendment are these "which permanently restricts the right of trial by jury.' The war-time legislation to which reference has been made was a mere piece of temporary, stop-gap legislation, and I would point out that it is a quite proper use of words to describe this as a permanent restriction of the right of trial by jury. I, therefore, confidently look to the Attorney-General to implement his promise on the Committee stage of the Bill.