§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE PAYMASTER GENERAL (THE EARL OF SELKIRK)My Lords, this Bill being in the usual form, with which your Lordships are very familiar, I beg formally to move that it be now read a second time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(The Earl of Selkirk.)
§ On Question, Bill read 2a: Committee negatived.
§ Then, Standing Order No. 41 having been suspended (pursuant to Resolution), Bill read 3a, and passed.