HC Deb 17 October 1969 vol 788 cc707-8

Lords Amendment No. 11: In page 4, line 21, leave out "thereof" and insert "hereof".

Mr. Alec Jones

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

This is purely a drafting Amendment. It is really a question of the choice of an English word, and who am I, as a Welshman, to object.

Sir L. Heald

In my submission, it is not a drafting Amendment. Is is a thoroughly bad piece of English. We do not speak about the walls of this House and the roof hereof. We talk about the walls of this House and the roof thereof. I do not understand why the Amendment has been made.

Mr. Abse

One of the Law Lords had a different view, and who am I to differ with the Law Lords?

Question put and agreed to.

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