§ (Mr. Haldane, Mr. Asquith, Mr. J. B. Balfour, Mr. Arthur Elliot, Mr. Mark, Stewart, Lord Elcho, Mr. Ferguson.)
§ [BILL 63.] SECOND READING.
§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ MR. HALDANE (Haddington)said, with great reluctance he would move the withdrawal of the Bill. Last year, it went through a second reading and an investigation by a Select Committee. Its object was to extend the provisions of the Settled Land Act to Scotland. It was a Bill of great magnitude, and the right hon. and learned Lord Advocate had announced his intention of opposing it. Seeing that it contained over 100 clauses, it was impossible for him to face Government opposition with any hope of making progress. He, therefore, asked leave to withdraw the Bill.
Motion made, and Question, "That the Order for the Second Reading be discharged,"—(Mr. Haldane,)—put, and agreed to.
Order discharged; Bill withdrawn.