HC Deb 23 May 1973 vol 857 cc625-6
Mr. Chichester-Clark

I beg to move Amendment No. 49, in page 59, line 17, column 3, at beginning insert 'Section 2(1)(f)'.

This again is a minor technical amendment which does not make any substantive alteration to the Bill.

In Committee, Section 2(1)(f) was added to the list of repeals in the 1964 Act in paragraph 18 of Schedule 2, Part 1, but the necessary consequential amendment to add it to Schedule 5 was omitted. The amendment remedies that accidental omission.

Mr. Harold Walker

This amendment marks the close of this further stage in the Bill's progress. I only regret that the hon. Gentleman was unable to say that he was making yet another amendment in response to our pleas in Committee. We appreciate the fact that he, along with his hon. Friend the Under-Secretary, has shown that he listened to some of our arguments in Committee. It is unfortunate that he did not listen to more of them. However, it is to be hoped that the Bill will return to us from another place showing that the Government have listened to us more carefully than they have until now.

I wish the Bill a fair wind and Godspeed.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

Perhaps I may be allowed to express my thanks to the hon. Gentleman for his assistance. I am sorry that I have not been able to accommodate him in every way. But I have the entrenched feeling that that may be for the benefit of the Bill. Nevertheless, I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's help.

Amendment agreed to.

Motion made, and Question, That the Bill be now read the Third time, put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 56 (Third Reading), and agreed to.

Bill accordingly read the Third time and passed.

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