§ SECOND READING.
§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (Earl BROWNLOW)My Lords, this is merely a Consolidation Bill, which has been compiled for the purpose of consolidating the various Acts which have been passed, from time to time, to enable the Secretary of State for War to 1676 acquire lands for military purposes. There is nothing, I think, that is new in this Bill; some Acts have been repealed and some have been partially repealed, and some that have been repealed have been re-enacted, or partially re-enacted. There is only one clause to which, perhaps, I may be allowed for one moment to call your Lordships' attention, and that is Clause 24, which was put into the Bill on the representation of certain persons interested in the New Forest. By this clause the Secretary of State is bound, if he requires land for military purposes in the New Forest, to proceed by Provisional Order. The remainder of the Bill is of a purely formal nature; it has received great attention in another place; and therefore I trust your Lordships will be able to pass it without further Amendment. I move that the Bill be now read a second time.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Earl Brownlow.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.