HC Deb 25 October 1972 vol 843 cc1284-5

Lords Amendment: No. 484, in page 370, line 9, column 3, at beginning insert: In section 5, the words from 'and shall reside' onwards".

Mr. Deputy Speaker

I suggest that with this Amendment we should also take Lords Amendments Nos. 485 to 629 inclusive.

Mr. Graham Page

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

It gives me the greatest delight to be able to move all these Amendments and to inform the House that they are merely consequential upon all we have been discussing and repeal certain sections of and even whole Acts. The very fact that there is this massive list of repeals does not mean that we have repeated those Acts in the Bill. In fact, we have removed the great majority from the Statute Book.

Mr. George Thomas

That was the best speech of the day.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.

Lords Amendment: No. 630, after Clause 258, in page 207, line 3, at end insert:

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