Commons Amendment:

In page 5, line 9, at the end, insert: Provided that, if an Address is voted by either House of Parliament within twenty-one days after such Regulations have been laid, being days on which that House has sat, praying that such Regulations be modified or annulled, such modification or annulment shall be made without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the Regulations.

Lords Amendment to Commons Amendment:

In line 2, leave out "voted," and insert "presented to His Majesty."

Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."—[Sir Kingsley Wood.]

Captain BENN:

I should like to express my gratitude to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for having accepted this Amendment. I understand that certain changes have to be made to bring it into proper form.

Question put, and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments to Commons Amendment agreed to.