§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
§ 12.12 a.m.
§ Mr. MICHAEL BEAUMONTI want very shortly to enter a protest against this Bill being taken at the end of a long sitting. It is an important Bill about which there is a considerable amount of feeling. It raises points which should be discussed in the House, but it is obviously impossible, at this late hour, to detain the House for the purpose of entering into a minor though important matter. I hope that the Government will not make a habit of bringing forward, at this time of the night, Bills of this kind, raising minor points on which some 2336 of us feel strongly, without giving us a proper opportunity for discussing them.