§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone)My Lords, I rise to move that this Bill be now read a second time.
It is pure consolidation, consisting of the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Acts 1949 to 1979 and certain related enactments concerning provisions related to parliamentary constituencies described in Orders in Council, and the provision of permanent machinery for reviewing and effecting changes in constituencies. If your Lordships give this Bill a Second Reading, it will in the usual way be referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read a second time.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read a second time and referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.