§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE EARL OF CLARENDONMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend, the Earl of Crawford, who has been summoned to a meeting of the Cabinet, I beg to move the Second Reading of this Bill which is in common form.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.— (The Earl of Clarendon.)
§ On Question, Bill read 2a; Committee negatived.