§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone)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 propose to move that the order of commitment be discharged.
§ Moved, That the order of commitment be discharged.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ Then, Standing Order No. 43 having been suspended (pursuant to Resolution), Bill read a third time.
§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, in moving that the said Bill do now pass, I should like to thank the two Opposition parties and others for their co-operation in this matter. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That the Bill do now pass.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ Lord Elwyn-JonesMy Lords, it is clearly in the public interest that the difficulty in the law should be remedied so that orders of courts, including county courts, should be enforced. It is clearly in the public interest for the Bill to be passed through all its stages.
§ The Lord ChancellorMy Lords, I am much obliged to the noble and learned Lord.
On Question, Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.