HL Deb 27 July 1908 vol 193 cc727-8

[SECOND READING.]

Order of the day for the Second Reading read.

LORD DENMAN

My Lords, this Bill and two others stand in my name on the Paper for Second Reading, and as they are all of a non-contentious character, I hope your Lordships will permit me to be very brief in view of the important debate that is to come on later. The Isle of Man (Customs Duties) Bill is an annual one, which is necessary to give validity to what is passed by the governing body in the Isle of Man. I believe it has always been treated as a formal matter in this House, and I, therefore, move the Second Reading.

Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(Lord Denman.)

On Question, Bill read 2*, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.