HC Deb 04 July 1898 vol 60 cc1071-2

On the Motion for the Second Reading of this Bill,

MR. JOHNSON-FERGUSON (Leicester, Loughborough)

Mr. Speaker, the object of this Bill is merely to provide that voluntary liquidation shall not be used as a means of coercing debenture holders to accept terms which they would not otherwise accept.

Objection being taken, the Bill stood over.