HL Deb 15 May 1923 vol 54 c146

Read 3a (according to Order).

Clause 2:

Application to Scotland and extent.

2.—(1) This Act in its application to Scotland shall have effect with the substitution of references to the Board of Agriculture for Scotland for references to the Minister and of a reference to Scotland for the reference to England or Wales, and with the further modification that the definition of agricultural land shall be extended so as to include land used as a deer forest.

(2) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (THE EARL OF ANCASTER)

I beg to move, in Clause 2, after "Minister" to insert "of Agriculture and Fisheries." It is a purely drafting Amendment.

Amendment moved— Page 2, line 28, after ("Minister") insert ("of Agriculture and Fisheries").—(The Earl of Ancaster.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Bill passed and sent to the Commons.