§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD SIMONDS)My Lords, this is a Consolidation Bill. Therefore, in the ordinary course, I beg to move the Second Reading in a formal way.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.— (The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read 2a, and referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.