LICENSING BILL [H.L.]

HL Deb 19 May 1953 vol 182 c593

2.42 p.m.

Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.

THE EARL OF DROGHEDA

My Lords, on behalf of my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor, I beg to move that this Bill, which is a Consolidation Bill, be read a second time.

Moved, That the Bill be now read 2^a.—(The Earl of Drogheda.)

EARL JOWITT

My Lords, in the circumstances, I will not ask for any details or particulars of this Bill. I rise merely to say that its Second Reading has my cordial approval.

On Question, Bill read 2^a, and referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.