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§ The LORD CHANCELLOR (Lord Elwyn-Jones)My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. It is a pure consolidation Bill. It consolidates the provisions relating to restrictive trade practices in Part I of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 and subsequent legislation, principally the 312 Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1968 and Part X of the Fair Trading Act 1973. The Bill will be considered by the Joint Committee in the usual way. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a,—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read 2a, and referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.