§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE EARL OF HARROWBY, in moving that the Bill be now read a second time, said, that its object was to remedy a defect in the Bankruptcy Act of 1883, by enabling agricultural labourers who received a portion of their wages yearly, to have, in the event of the bankruptcy of the master, a prior claim upon the estate to the extent of one-third of the sum due to them.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a"—(The Earl of Harrowby.)
§ LORD HOUGHTON (on behalf of the Government)said, he would accept the Bill.
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.