§ Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee read.
§ Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(Viscount Runciman of Doxford.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ House in Committee accordingly:
§ [LORD STANMORE in the Chair.]
§ Clauses 1 to 7 agreed to.
§ Clause 8 [Registration of insurances which would be required in the event of war]:
§ THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (VISCOUNT RUNCIMAN OF DOXFORD)It may be as well for me to state at once to your Lordships that the Amendments which are on the Paper are all drafting Amendments. I beg to move.
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Amendment moved—
Page 8, line 13, leave out from ("who") to ("and") in line 15 and insert ("are authorised by the Board to receive on their behalf applications under this section").—(Viscount Runciman of Doxford.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ VISCOUNT RUNCIMAN OF DOXFORDI beg to move.
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Amendment moved—
Page 9, line 53, leave out ("section") and insert ("subsection").—(Viscount Runciman of Doxford.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 8, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clauses 9 to 12 agreed to.
§ Clause 13 [Employment of agents by Board of Trade]:
§ VISCOUNT RUNCIMAN OF DOXFORDThe next is a drafting Amendment and is in a sense consequential on the Amendment to Clause 8. I beg to move.
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Amendment moved—
Page 12, line 33, leave out ("for") to ("and") in line 34 and insert ("any of the purposes of this Part of this Act").—(Viscount Runciman of Doxford.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ VISCOUNT RUNCIMAN OF DOXFORDThis is also a drafting Amendment.
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Amendment moved—
Page 13, line 1, leave out from the first ("of") to the end of line 3 and insert ("business as agents of the Beard of Trade for any of the purposes of this Part of this Act").—(Viscount Runciman of Doxford.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 13, as amended, agreed to.
§ Clauses 14 and 15 agreed to.
§ Clause 16 [Establishment of funds for purposes of Act]:
§ VISCOUNT RUNCIMAN OF DOXFORDThe Amendment proposed here is a drafting Amendment, to make it clear that the Board's agents can be remunerated for the work of registration under Clause 8.
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Amendment moved—
Page 15, line 22, leave out from ("employed") to the end of line 23 and insert ("for any of the purposes of that Part of this Act").—(Viscount Runciman of Doxford.)
§ On Question, Amendment agreed to.
§ Clause 16, as amended, agreed to.
§ Remaining clauses agreed to.
§ Schedule agreed to.
§ Then, Standing Order No. XXXIX having been suspended in pursuance of the Resolution of the House of Monday last:
§ VISCOUNT RUNCIMAN OF DOXFORDMy Lords I beg to move that the Report of Amendments be now received.
§ Moved, That the Report of Amendments be now received.—(Viscount Runciman of Doxford.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to, and Amendments reported accordingly.
§ VISCOUNT RUNCIMAN OF DOXFORDMy Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now read 3a.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 3a.—(Viscount Runciman of Doxford.)
§ On Question, Bill read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.