I beg to move amendment No. 9, in

clause 10, page 6, line 17, leave out ‘1(1)’ and insert ‘1’.

This amendment merely ensures that the Bill’s format is consistent throughout.

Amendment agreed to.

Question proposed, That the clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill.

Clause 10 brings into effect the schedule. Perhaps I should have done my homework beforehand, but I am unaware of what the British Museum Act 1932 did that requires it to be repealed, and what in the Bill supersedes it. Perhaps we might be informed of that before we pass the provision.

I am dredging the depths of my memory to answer the first of those questions, but not necessarily the second. As I recall, the British Library was originally part of the British Museum, so I suspect that the Act may have been the creation of the British Library as a separate institution. How that helps me with the second question, I am not so sure.

That is interesting.

Question put and agreed to.

Clause 10, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Clauses 11 and 12 ordered to stand part of the Bill.