§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ (7.30.) MR. G. HOWELL (Bethnal Green, N.E.)I ask permission of the House to make an explanation with regard to this Bill. Mr. Plimsoll is in Canada making inquiries on the subject with which it deals, and the Government are also making inquiry. I shall give some notice when I wish really to take the Second Reading, and I shall not do so without the consent of the President of the Board of Trade.
§ *(7.31.) THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Sir M. HICKS BEACH, Bristol, W.)I quite appreciate the action of the hon. Member, and think he is quite right in the course he is following. I think it is only fair that we should not proceed further with this Bill until we hear the views of the Dominion Government.
§ Second Reading deferred till Tomorrow.