§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
THY LORD PRIVY SEAL (VISCOUNT ADDISON)My Lords, on behalf of my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor, I beg to move that this Bill be read a second time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(Viscount Addison.)
§ On Question, Bill read 2a, and referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.
§ House adjourned during pleasure, and resumed by the Lord Chancellor.