§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."—(Mr. II. Gladstone.)
§ MR. BROMLEY- DAVENPORT (Cheshire, Macclesfield)I think the House should be made acquainted with the character of this Bill.
§ * THE FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS (Mr. H. GLADSTONE, Leeds, W.)It is an innocent Bill to facilitate the acquisition and disposal of sites by the Office of Works and to allow the utilisation for building purposes of the site of Millbank Prison Chapel which is now being demolished.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill read a second time, and committed for Monday, 21st May.