HC Deb 19 June 1889 vol 337 cc226-7

Order for consideration of Bill, as amended, read.

MR. G. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N.E.)

I understand that there is an arrangement to accept the Amendments I have on the Paper.

* MR. SPEAKER

Does the hon. Member move?

MR. G. HOWELL

signified assent.

Amendment proposed, Schedule, page 8, at end, add—2 Geo. 1, c. 17, Irish; 25 Geo. 2, c. 8, Irish; 29 Geo. 2, c. 8, Irish; 29 Geo. 2, c. 12, Irish, Sections 9, 10, 11, and 12; 14 and 15 Vic. c. 92, Section 16, Sub-section 4.—(Mr. T. M. Healy.)

* MR. MADDEN

I have carefully gone through the Amendment which stands in the name of the hon. and learned Member for North Longford. The 29th Geo. II., c. 12, is, I think, entirely obsolete and may usefully be repealed. The most important of the provisions in question is the sub-section of 14 and 15 Vic., c. 92, but I find that the sub-section in question has been already repealed by 38 and 39 Vic., c. 86, Section 17. There are certain sections of the Statutes of 2 Geo. I. and 25th Geo. II. that are not obsolete. They are in force, and some of them useful, and I could not assent to the repeal of these statutes in toto. If the hon. Member will put the Amendment in the form in which I have put it, I will agree to it.

* MR. SPEAKER

Does the hon. Member accept it?

MR. G. HOWELL

signified assent.

Question put, and agreed to.

Bill read the third time, and passed.