§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD HAILSHAM OF ST. MARYLEBONE)My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. This is the usual Motion which is regularly moved at the beginning of every Session. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That it is desirable that in the present Session the following classes of Bills shall be referred to a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament:
- (1) All Consolidation Bills, whether public or private;
- (2) Statute Law Revision Bills;
- (3) Bills prepared pursuant to the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949, together with any memoranda laid pursuant to that Act and any representations made with respect thereto;
- (4) Bills to consolidate any enactments with amendments to give effect to recommendations made by one or both of the Law Commissions, together with any Report containing such recommendations;
- (5) Bills prepared by one or both of the Law Commissions to promote the reform of the Statute Law by the repeal, in accordance with the Law Commission recommendations, of certain enactments which (except in so
280 far as their effect is preserved) are no longer of practical utility, and by making other provision in connection with the repeal of those enactments, together with any Law Commission report on any such Bill.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to: Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Commons to communicate this Resolution, and to desire their concurrence.