§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ EARL DE LA WARRMy Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be read a second time. I understand that it is generally agreed that it would be best for any discussion to take place later. I therefore beg formally to move, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Thomson.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(Earl De La Warr.)
§ THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURYMy Lords, it is perfectly true that the suggestion was made that this stage should be taken formally and any debate should come later, and the suggestion seems to me not an unreasonable one. It is in the hands of your Lordships whether you fall in with that arrangement, but I ought to say that, if the Second Reading is taken as a formal stage, the Government should understand that it is highly probable that a debate of importance may be raised upon the next stage of the Bill.
§ LORD PARMOORI think we quite understand that.
§ On Question, Bill read 2a, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.