§ 3.35 p.m.
§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to provide for the admissibility of hearsay evidence and the proof of certain documentary evidence in civil proceedings and for connected purposes. I beg to move that this Bill be now read a first time.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read a first time.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
§ On Question, Bill read a first time, and to be printed.