This Amendment raises the whole question of women serving upon juries, a far, far bigger question than ought to be raised in a Bill of this kind. It is true it only gives the woman the right to say that she does not desire to serve on any particular jury, but she may say that every time, and it raises the whole question. I ask my hon. Friend to consider how large an extension of the Bill the acceptance of the Amendment would involve, seeing it raises the whole woman's question as to whether the woman who is receiving the privilege of the vote should not equally accept the responsibility, and I am sure that the women themselves will not unanimously support my hon. Friend in his Amendment. The Amendment as drafted will not save women from any jury at all—absolutely none at the present time. Take the proviso. It reads this way: Provided that nothing in the foregoing provision shall affect the right of any person to be excused from attendance on a jury on the ground of illness"— that right exists at the present time— or if a woman, for medical reasons"— that exists at the present time. Then would follow the words of the Amendment. But the Amendment does not help the matter in the least. It does not give the woman the right. All the Amendment says is that this provision shall not affect such rights. But there are no such rights; so that even if the House accepted the Amendment it would not affect one iota the position of women in regard to their liability to serve on a jury. I therefore hope my hon. Friend will withdraw the Amendment.