division_name: Loans to Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time) &#8212; Loans to Ireland Bill
motion: <p class="" pid="a.929.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.929.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Two weeks ago I told the House that it was my intention to ask for authority to make a bilateral loan to Ireland as part of the multinational assistance programme for that country. I said that I judged it to be in our national interest, given our country's close economic, financial and political connections to the Irish Republic, to be ready to help, and I want to thank all parts of this House for agreeing with that judgment.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.971.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> Question put, </i>That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.971.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes"><i> The House divided:</i> Ayes 523, Noes 7.</p>