SECOND REPORT
from the Committee for Privileges
20 October 1999
ORDERED TO
REPORT
1. That the Committee have met and have
considered the reference of the House of 27 July which was in
the following terms: "whether the House of Lords Bill (as
amended on Report) would, if enacted, breach the provisions of
the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland".
2. That the Committee have heard counsel
on behalf of the Lord Gray and on behalf of Her Majesty's Government.
3. That it is the unanimous opinion of the
Committee that the House of Lords Bill (as amended on Report)
would not, if enacted, breach the provisions of the Treaty of
Union between England and Scotland.
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