§ Order of the Day for the Third Reading read.
§ LORD SHEPHERDMy Lords, I have it in command from Her Majesty the Queen to acquaint the House that Her Majesty, having been informed of the purport of the Local Government (Scotland) Bill, has consented to place her interest so far as it is concerned on behalf of the Crown at the disposal of Parliament for the purposes of the Bill.
§ LORD HILTON OF UPTONMy Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be read a third time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 3a.—(Lord Hilton of Upton.)
§ On Question, Bill read 3a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.