Parliament Session Update on Bills and Adjournment
Sacklay May 23 reads a second time the bill adding a duty on malt and the Plymouth Dock Bill, plus the Land Forces Recruiting Bill, then adjourned.
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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 23, 1780
Page
2
Sacklay May 23 reads a second time the bill adding a duty on malt and the Plymouth Dock Bill, plus the Land Forces Recruiting Bill, then adjourned.
In the House the Surrey magistrates petitioned against Dr. William Smith’s gratuity and sought a hearing, while the Middlesex matter was sent to the committee. Debates followed on a tobacco bill, debtors relief, and a bill for families of pressed soldiers. Lord Beauchamp questioned the labour of a wives and children bill. Lord North discussed a reform of the house tax collection, with Coventry seeking details. Copper export limits and naval sheathing prompted committee referral. A motion to widen county and borough qualifications faced opposition and a divided vote.
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