§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIREMy Lords, I regret that my noble friend Lord Newton is unable to be here this afternoon, and in his absence I beg to move the Second Reading of this Bill, and I trust that your Lordships will not only read it a second time but pass it through its remaining stages to-day. The Bill raises no new principle. It merely deals with a number of details which in the light of experience it has been found advisable to incorporate with the Army Acts.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(The Duke of Devonshire.)
§ On Question, Bill read 2a.
§ Committee negatived: Then (Standing Order No. XXXIX having been suspended) Bill read 3a, and passed.