§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee, read.
§ Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House in Committee accordingly.
§ [The EARL OF DONOUGHMORE in the Chair.]
§ Clauses 1 to 5 agreed to.
§ Clause 6:
§ Proviso that Mary MacColl not to marry Eric T. Smith or Trevor Hedberg.
§ 6. Provided always and be it further enacted that it shall not be lawful for the said Mary MaeColl at any time hereafter to contract matrimony with the said Erie T. Smith or Trevor Hedberg but that such matrimony shall be and is hereby declared to be illegal and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever and the child or children born therein shall be illegitimate and subject to all the disabilities privations and restrictions to which any child or children born out of lawful wedlock is or may be subject by the laws and customs of the United Kingdom or any part thereof.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (VISCOUNT HALDANE)My Lords, in accordance with your Lordships' practice I move that this clause be omitted.
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Amendment moved—
To leave out Clause6.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ The Report of Amendment to be received To-morrow.