§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ LORD LUCAS OF CHILWORTHMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Hall, I beg to move the Second Reading of this Bill. It is purely a Consolidation Bill, and I do not think it needs any further explanation.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(Lord Lucas of Chilworth.)
§ LORD BALFOUR OF INCHRYEMy Lords, we welcome this Bill, which, as the noble Lord has said, is a Consolidation Bill. It is introduced in accordance with a promise given last year, but I have one suggestion to make. This is a very complicated Bill. Would the Government consider issuing some sort of booklet 826 upon it, in the same way as they did in the case of the National Insurance Bill, so that those affected may know what is their exact relationship to the new consolidated law?
§ LORD LUCAS OF CHILWORTHI will certainly convey the noble Lord's suggestion to my noble friend Lord Hall.
§ On Question, Bill read 2a, and committed to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.