ABSTRACT
The HoME SECRETARY said there was undoubtedly a deficiency in the present law with respect to obtaining maintenance, but the bill before the House went much further t~an that. It involved judicial separation before an order could be made for maintenance. He thought the House would grudge very much giving to magistrates the power of ordering judicial separation in the case of cruelty. The Government would not object to the second reading of the bill, but they should certainly object to many of its provisions.. He suggested that the bill might be put off for such a time as would enable amendments to be brought forward.
