§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."—{Mr. J. E. Ellis.)
§ An hon. MEMBER: I object.
§ * MR. J. E. ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)said, this was a Bill whose object was to remove a small grievance, and it had received the assent of both sides of the House. The present Leader of the Opposition (Mr. A. J. Balfour), when Leader of the House, allowed the measure to be read a second time. It was read a second time last year, passed through all its stages, and had been sent up to the House of Lords. Amendments were made in the Bill by the Lords, and a number of those Amendments had been accepted by the promoters and inserted in the present measure. He hoped the House would allow the Bill to go to the Standing Committee.
§ MR. BARTLEY (Islington, N.)asked whether all the Amendments moved by the Opposition had been accepted?
§ * MR. J. E. ELLISsaid, they had certainly not all been accepted; but the Bill had passed through the Standing Committee, and all the Amendments of the Lords, except one, had been accepted.
§ MR. BARTLEYThen I object.
§ Second Reading deferred till Monday next.