§ The MINISTER of STATE, FOREIGN and COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (Lord Goronwy-Roberts)My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to make provision in connection with Trinidad and Tobago becoming a republic within the Commonwealth. I beg to move that the Bill be read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a—(Lord Goronwy-Roberts.)
§ On Question, Bill read 1a, and to be printed.