§ Mr. SpeakerBefore I call the first Lords amendment to the Bill I must inform the House that I have selected the two starred amendments to Lords Amendment No. 12.
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Lords amendment: No. 1 in page 2, line 1, leave out from beginning to
"subject" in line 2 and insert—
(2) This Part of this Act is subject to Part III; and in relation to contracts, the operation of sections 2 to 4 and 7 is
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§ Mr. Michael Ward (Peterborough)I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
I understand that with this we are to consider Lords Amendment No. 55.
In the few minutes available to me before the House must consider a procedural motion I should like to put in a word that I may not have the opportunity of expressing during the remaining stages of the Bill in appreciation of the work that has been done by the Lords in extending and amending the Bill. The Bill started its course with just 15 clauses and it has now 34 clauses and four schedules. The Lords did an excellent job and it is not likely this afternoon that we shall be able to explore the work that was done there.
In speaking to Lords Amendments Nos. 1 and 55 I must point out that the Bill as now presented has provisions exempting certain types of contract from the controls in Parts I and II. These amendments ensure that the amendments in Part I are subject to the amendments to Part III. In the few moments left to me I hope that it will be possible for me to move formally all the remaining amendments.
§ Mr. SpeakerOrder. I can put only one amendment at a time unless the hon. Gentleman is given leave of the House to move all the amendments; that is to say, if the House agrees, he may move them, but otherwise I cannot allow him to do so.
§ Mr. SpeakerIn that case I cannot allow all the amendments to be moved together. The Question on the first Lords amendment must be put separately.
§ Mr. Roger Moate (Faversham)This amendment was worth a longer speech from the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr. Ward). However, I admire his ingenious efforts to secure such a rapid passage for 57 Lords amendments, but it would be doing less than justice to their Lordships if we passed 57 amendments on the nod. The hon. Member would be doing an injustice to his own Bill if we allowed such a procedure.
§ Question accordingly agreed to.