HL Deb 21 February 1848 vol 96 c982
The MARQUESS of LANSDOWNE

, in moving that the Report on the Diplomatic Relations, Court of Rome, Bill be received, observed, that it had been understood that no discussion should take place on this stage of the Bill; but he proposed to introduce amendments in the Bill to meet some of the objections which had been urged against it, by defining the object of the measure to be to enable Her Majesty's Government to "establish and maintain diplomatic relations with the Court of Rome," and thus obviating the use of terms "Ambassador," "Minister," &c. He proposed this alteration now, in order that the Bill might be printed with the Amendment, which would afterwards come under their Lordships' consideration.

Amendment made.

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