HC Deb 15 July 1915 vol 73 cc1137-8

Order for Second Reading read.

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."

Mr. HOGGE

Is it possible to get a copy of this Bill? I asked at the Vote Office, and it does not seem to be printed.

Mr. MONTAGU

I think that the Bill ought to be in the Vote Office. I am very sorry if my hon. Friend has been inconvenienced, but I think that the Bill is in exactly the same terms in every detail as the corresponding Bill of last year.

Sir F. BANBURY

I did not know that it had not been printed. I venture to suggest that it is irregular to take a Bill which has not been printed. It has never been the custom to do so since I have been a Member of the House.

Mr. MONTAGU

I have had among my papers all the afternoon a copy of the Bill. I thought that the rule to which the hon. Baronet refers was not so applicable in the case of a Bill introduced regularly every Session in the same terms. If the hon. Baronet persists, the Bill can be postponed.

Mr. L. JONES

If the Bill has not been printed and is identical with the Bill of last year, I would suggest that we should alter the date and save the cost of reprinting it.

Mr. HOGGE

I do not mind the Bill being now taken.

Sir F. BANBURY

We had better carry out the old rule.

Mr. MONTAGU

Very well.

Motion made, and Question, "That the Debate be now adjourned,"—[Sir Frederick Banbury,]—put, and agreed to.

Debate to be resumed upon Monday next.