§ On the Order for the Second Reading of this Bill,
§ MR. TATTON EGERTON (Cheshire, Knutsford)said the Bill was intended to carry out the recommendations of the Select Committee, which sat upon this question. This Bill had also been—
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder!, order! I understand that the hon. Member gave instructions at the Table that this Bill should be postponed to a particular date.
§ MR. TATTON EGERTONIf it did not come up on an earlier occasion. [Laughter.]
§ *MR. SPEAKERsaid that the hon. Member having given instructions at the Table that the Bill was to be put down for a particular date, he was not in a position to move now, because other hon. Members might have been misled. ["Hear, hear!"]
§ Second Reading deferred till Friday, 26th February.
§ House Adjourned at Ten minutes before Twelve o'clock, till Monday next.