§ The Lord President of The Council (Mr. Herbert Bowden)With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a short business statement.
In view of the late start on the business of the day, it would perhaps be unreasonable to expect the House to deal not only with the debate on Northern Ireland, but also with all the Bills scheduled for today. Two of them are unlikely to engage the House for long.
The third is Patents (Employees' Inventions) Bill [Lords]. This subject is now under discussion in the International Labour Organisation and is on the agenda for the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.
18 The fact that it is desirable, if possible, that the development of our law should follow international trends has led me to decide to defer discussion on this Bill.
The House should know also that I have been informed that the hon. Member in charge of the Motion on the Agricultural Lime (Amendment) Scheme, 1965, has decided not to proceed with it this evening.