§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD BIRKENHEAD)My Lords, I beg to make the Motion which stands in my name.
Moved, That the Promoter of the Bill, Mrs. Mary Isabella Hamilton, have leave to suspend any further proceedings thereon in order to proceed with the Bill, if she shall think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that notice of her intention to do so be lodged in the Judicial Office not later than Three o'clock on the day prior to the close of the present Session, and that all fees due thereon up to that period be paid.
That the Bill shall be deposited in the Judicial Office not later than Three o'clock on or before the third day of which the House shall sit after the next meeting of Parliament, with a declaration annexed thereto, signed by the agent, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill at the last stage of the proceedings thereon in this House in the present Session.
That the proceedings on the Bill shall be pro forma only in regard to every stage through which the same shall have passed in the present Session, and that no new fees be charged in regard to such stages.
That the Standing Orders, by which the proceedings on Bills are regulated, shall not apply to the Bill in regard to any of the stages through which the same shall have passed during the present Session.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to, and ordered accordingly.