HC Deb 26 June 1913 vol 54 c1199
Mr. PRICE

I beg to present a Petition from the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland with reference to the Employment of Children Bill. [The hon. Member proceeded to read the terms of the Petition.]

Mr. SPEAKER

The hon. Member is not entitled to read the Petition. All he is entitled to do is to summarise the prayer.

Mr. PRICE

They request that the age of boys entitled to sell on the streets should be raised from seventeen to eighteen, and of girls from eighteen to twenty-one.