§ Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
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§ Wing Commander Eric Bullus (Wembley, North)I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
Very briefly, I should like to thank my colleagues on both sides of the House who have helped me to get the Bill very quickly through Committee and to Third Reading. Two right hon. Gentlemen are sitting opposite—the right hon. Member for South Shields (Mr. Ede) and the right hon. Member for Colne Valley (Mr. Glenvil Hall)—who have assisted me a great deal. I am grateful to them, as I am to my other colleagues on both sides of the House.
This is a useful Measure. It is the first time that a parish councils Bill has almost reached the Statute Book. I should like to give thanks to those who have written encouraging letters to me, and especially I should like to thank the National Association of Parish Councils and their secretary, Mr. C. Arnold Baker, who have done very much work for me on the Bill.
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§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Mr. J. R. Bevins):I should like, very briefly, to extend my congratulations to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Wembley, North (Wing Commander Bullus) on the way in which he has piloted this useful little Bill through the House. On behalf of my right hon. Friend, I should like to express my appreciation of the co-operation which we have enjoyed from both sides of the Houses.
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§ Mr. Ede (South Shields)I should like to add my congratulations to the hon. and gallant Member for Wembley, North (Wing Commander Bullus), and also my condolences in that another Bill of which he was in charge did not reach a similar happy end.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Bill accordingly read the third time and passed.