§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ 10.12 p.m.
§ The Solicitor-General (Sir Arthur Irvine)I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.
I have already explained in what I have said about the Income and Corporation Taxes Bill [Lords] how the material has been divided between that Bill and this one. I need only say now that in this Bill also, the Joint Committee made some small Amendments and that, again, its Report states that the Bill as so amended is pure consolidation and represents the existing law. I therefore ask the House to give the Bill a Second Reading.
§ Mr. Graham Page (Crosby)I rise again only to compliment the draftsmen on the Bill. It is complementary to the Bill which we have just discussed and it is a very useful form of consolidation.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Bill accordingly read a Second time.
§ Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House.—[Mr. Hamling.]
§ Committee Tomorrow.