§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee read.
§ Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(Lord Parmoor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House in Committee accordingly:
§ [The EARL OF DONUGHMORE in the Chair.]
§ Clause 1 agreed to.
§ Clause 2:
§ Short Title.
§ 2. This Act may be cited as the Arbitration Clauses in Commercial Agreements (Protocol) Act, 1924.
§ THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (LORD PARMOOR) moved to leave out "in commercial agreements." The noble Lord said: The object of the Protocol was that arbitration should be applied generally with a power for any particular Government who desired to do so to limit it merely for commercial purposes. It is a drafting mistake that the words were ever introduced.
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Amendment moved—
Clause 2, page 2, line 14, leave out ("in commercial agreements").—(Lord Parmoor.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 2, as amended, agreed to.
§ Schedule: