§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
§ VISCOUNT CROSSMy Lords, I am afraid I troubled your Lordships with a short statement upon this Bill when I asked for a First Reading for it some little time ago. That being so, I do not think it necessary that I should occupy your Lordships' time on the present occasion unless I am required to give an 1630 answer to any observations which noble Lords may make.
§ Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Viscount Cross.)
§ Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.