§ The LORD CHANCELLOR (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone)My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to consolidate certain enactments relating to justices of the peace (including stipendiary magistrates), justices' clerks and the administrative and financial arrangements for magistrates' courts, and to matters connected therewith, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission. I beg to move that the Bill be now read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a. —(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read 1a; and to be printed.