§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Mr. Butt.)
§ Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day six months."—(Mr. Kavanagh.)
§ Question put, "That the word 'now' stand part of the Question."
§ The House divided:—Ayes 153; Noes 181: Majority 28.
§ Words added.
§ Main Question, as amended, put, and agreed to.
§ Second Reading put off for six months.