HL Deb 07 July 1983 vol 443 c652
The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone)

My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a third time.

Moved, That the Bill be now read a third time.—(The Lord Chancellor.)

On Question, Bill read a third time.

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill do now pass.

Moved, That the Bill do now pass.—(The Lord Chancellor.)

Lord Elwyn-Jones

My Lords, will it not achieve a record—if, indeed, this Bill does now pass—that in the course of fewer than three minutes three Bills will have gone through their last stages?

The Lord Chancellor

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord. It may be like the strawberry which I read about in this morning's press: it goes into the Guinness Book of Records.

On Question, Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.