§ Order read, for resuming adjourned Debate on Question [23rd February], "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Mr. Chaplin.)
§ Question again proposed.
§ Debate resumed.
§ 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. P. A. Taylor.)
§ Question put, "That the word 'now' stand part of the Question,"
1182§ The House divided:—Ayes 337; Noes 13: Majority 324.
§ Main Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed for Monday next.