First and Second Reading and Committed to Committee
The Chairman of Committees informed the House that, in accordance with Private Business Standing Order 150B (Revival of Bills), the Bill had been deposited in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments together with the declaration of the agent. The Bill was presented and read a first time. It was then deemed to have been read a second time and committed to a Select Committee. The Chairman of Committees informed the House that he had appointed the following Lords to form the Select Committee on the Bill:
L Brougham and Vaux, V Craigavon, L Methuen, E Onslow, B Prosser (Chairman).