§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ LORD SHEPHERDMy Lords, on behalf of my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor, I beg to move that this Consolidation Bill be now read a second time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2*.—(Lord Shepherd)
§ On Question, Bill read 2*, and referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.