§ Order read, for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [7th May], "That the Bill be now read a second time."
§ Question again proposed.
§ Debate resumed.
§ MR. VANCEthought it would have been well to await the result of the Commission on Marriage Law; but on the understanding that the Committee was fixed for May 28, so as to afford time for further inquiry on the subject, he had no objection to the second reading.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed for Tuesday 28th May.