Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
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1st reading
Wednesday 19th October 2022
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Wednesday 19th October 2022
(2 years, 1 month ago)
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Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
My Lords, it might be helpful to read from the Companion about the status of a First Reading:
“The Question is put from the Woolsack. The first reading of a bill is agreed to without dissent or debate, both as a matter of courtesy and because the House has no knowledge of the contents of the bill until it is published.”
On that basis, I beg to move that this Bill is read a first time.
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock (Lab Co-op)
My Lords, that is a very helpful answer but if that is the case—and it is—why does the chair have to say “Content” or “Not Content”? Does it not make this House look even more stupid?