§ 3.19 p.m.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD ELWYN-JONES)My Lords, I understand that no Amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript Amendment or to speak in Committee. Therefore, unless any noble Lord objects, I beg to move, pursuant to Standing Order No. 45(2), that the Order of Commitment be discharged.
My Lords, I should inform the House that this is a pure consolidation Bill. The Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills made a number of Amendments to the Bill which it considered necessary to bring the Bill into conformity with existing law. The Joint Committee was of the opinion that the Bill, as amended, represented existing law and that there is no point to which the attention of Parliament should be drawn. I beg to move that the Order of Recommitment be discharged.
§ Moved, That the Order of Recommitment be discharged.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ Then, Standing Order No. 44 having been suspended, pursuant to Resolution, Bill read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.