§ Lords Amendment: No. 1, in page 2, line 2, leave out "overstating" and insert "understating"
§ Mr. WigginI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
This amendment is to correct a drafting error to which attention was drawn on Second Reading in the House of Lords. Obviously it should constitute a punishable false trade description if one overstates the fineness, but should not be so if one understates it. The draftsmen overlooked the double negative created by the word "except ".
The error was originally discovered by the hon. Member for Consett (Mr. David Watkins), whom I am glad to see on the Opposition Front Bench. We are indebted to him for his help.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Lords Amendment: No. 2, in page 2, line 8, leave out "preceding "
§ Mr. WigginI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
§ Mr. SpeakerWith this amendment it will be convenient to take Lords Amendment No. 58, in Schedule 1, page 24, line 11, leave out from "in" to end of line 12 and insert "section 1 of this Act"
§ Mr. WigginThis amendment is consequential on the last amendment to Schedule 1, page 24, line 11. The effect of that amendment is to extend paragraph 1(c) of Part IV of Schedule 1 so as to enable the Secretary of State by order to make consequential amendments not merely in subsections (2) (3) and (4), but in any part of Clause 1.
§ Question put and agreed to.
§ Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.