§ Mr. Peter Hardy, supported by Mr. Peter L. Pike, Mr. Andrew F. Bennett, Mr. Martin Redmond, Mr. Patrick Cormack, Mr. Hugh Bayley, Mr. Gary Waller, Mr. Paul Tyler, Sir Dudley Smith, Mr. Alan Meale and Sir David Madel, presented a Bill for the protection and maintenance of boundary hedges, hedges bordering footpaths, bridleways and highways and other hedgerows and thorn fences: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 14 January, and to be printed. [Bill 31.]