§ Clause 15, page 17, line 20, at end insert ("and as including references to the provisions set out in the Second Schedule to the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953 (which by section two of that Act were substituted for those Regulations).")
§ LORD MANCROFTMy Lords, this Amendment is also a drafting one. It is required because the Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953, has become law since the present Bill was accorded a First Reading in your Lordships' House, as long ago, I am sorry to say, as March 17 of this year. The Act referred to embodied in permanent legislation the substance of the Defence (Trading with the Enemy) Regulations, while at the same time it repealed the Regulations themselves. Your Lordships will see that it is necessary to amend the interpretation clause of the Bill to fit in with this change. I beg to move that this House do agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.
§ Moved, That this House do agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Lord Mancroft.)
§ LORD SILKINMy Lords, I do not rise to criticise this Amendment, or even to seek for an explanation. I think the explanation of the noble Lord, Lord Mancroft, of this and all the other Amendments has been clear and requires no further elucidation. But I think it only right to say one word about all these Amendments, as we took a great deal of time over this Bill during its progress through your Lordships' House and went into it with meticulous care. As one who took some part in the progress of the Bill, I am gratified to find that it has gone through another place fairly unscathed. The Amendments which the noble Lord has moved to-day are minor Amendments, mostly drafting Amendments, or, 1396 even if they go beyond that, Amendments of no great moment. It looks as if this House has rendered good service in going through the Bill with such care that Members of another place have had little to do but pass a few minor Amendments.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.