§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
§ *LORD MONKSWELL, in moving the Second Reading of this Bill, said it was to enable the County Councils for the two Divisions of Suffolk to have a Joint Committee to borrow money for the purpose of lunatic asylums and for other purposes. The Bill was simply to correct, a defect in the Local Government Act of 1888, which, while it divided Suffolk into two parts, did not give those two parts a Joint Committee with the powers possessed by the Joint Committees of other counties which were divided into two parts. The consequence was, that when the two Divisions of Suffolk wanted to borrow money, they found they were not a Corporation, and had no power to borrow the money, they required. This Bill was simply to set that matter right. It was supported by all the Representatives of Suffolk in the House of Commons, and had met, he believed, with universal approval.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a" —(The Lord Monkswell.)
§ Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed for Monday next.