§ 7.17 p.m.
§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLORMy Lords, this is a Consolidation Bill and I beg formally to move that it be now read a second time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.