§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD GARDINER)My Lords, I beg leave to introduce a Bill to reduce the period of fifty years specified in section 5 (1) of the Public Records Act 1958 as that for which certain public records must have been in existence for them to be available for public inspection, and to move that the Bill be read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read 1a, and to be printed.