§ Order for second reading read.
§ Motion made and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."
The VICE-PRESIDENT of the DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE (IRELAND) (Mr. T. W. Russell)This is a small Departmental Bill in regard to which everybody is in agreement. The law as it stands requires that prosecutions under the Merchandise Marks Act in Ireland must be undertaken by the Board of Trade. Great trouble and inconvenience results, and this Bill proposes simply to give the Agricultural and Technical Department in Ireland power to conduct these prosecutions.
§ Resolved, "That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the whole House."—[Mr. T. W. Russell.]