Private Bills Lords (Standing Orders Not Previously Inquired Into Complied With)
Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, and which are applicable thereto have been complied with, viz.: — Aberdeen Corporation Electricity Bill [Lords].
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.
Boston Spa Gas Bill; Brockenhurst Gas Bill. Lords Amendments considered and agreed to.
Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway (Additional Capital, etc.) Bill; Barry Railway Bill. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
St. Neot's Urban District Council Bill [Lords]. As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill. As amended, considered; to be read the third time To-morrow.
Canal Tolls and Charges (New Junction Canal) Order Confirmation Bill [Lords]. Read a second time, and committed.
Ladybank Sewerage Drainage and Water Provisional Order Bill. Read a second time; to be considered upon Monday next.
Private Bills (Group H)
reported from the Committee on Group H of Private Bills; That, at the Meeting of the Committee this day, notice was received from Sir Walter Nugent, one of the Members of the said Committee, stating that he was unable, on account of an urgent public engagement, to attend the Committee this day.
Report to lie upon the Table.
Standing Orders
Resolutions reported from the Select Committee—
"That, in the case of the Coventry Corporation Water Bill [Lords], the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with: — That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill."
"That, in the case of the Midland Railway Bill [Lords], the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with:— That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill."
Resolutions agreed to.
Devonport Corporation Bill [Lords]. Reported from the Police and Sanitary Committee, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Message From The Lords
That they have agreed to: Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway Bill; Port Talbot Railway and Docks Bill, without Amendment.
Amendments to: Manchester Ship Canal (Various Powers) Bill [Lords], without Amendment.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Education under the Education Acts, 1870 to 1903, to enable the London County Council to put in force the Lands Clauses Acts." [Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London, No. 2) Bill [Lords.]
Also, a Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board of Trade under The General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Pwllheli." [Pier and Harbour Provisional Order (No. l) Bill [Lords.]
Also, a Bill, intituled, "An Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade under The Gas and Water Works Facilities Act, 1870, relating to Dorking Water, Freshwaters Gas, New Tredegar Gas and Water, Skegness Gas, and Woking District Gas." [Gas and Water Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [Lords.]
Also, a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Acts for appointing a stipendiary justice of the peace for the parish of Merthyr Tydfil and adjoining places; to provide for the application of those Acts in the event of the grant of a separate commission of the peace for the borough of Merthyr Tydfil; and for other purposes." [Merthyr Tydfil Stipendiary Justice Bill [Lords.]
And, also, a Bill, intituled, "An Act for conferring powers on the Imperial Tramways Company, Limited, for constructing a tramway and widening and altering roads in the North Riding of the county of York; and for other purposes." [Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, and Thornaby Tramways Bill [Lords.]
Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London, No. 2) Bill [Lords]. Read the first time; Referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 246.]
Pier and Harbour Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill [Lords]. Read the first time; Referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 247.]
Gas and Water Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [Lords].— Read the first time; Referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill. 248.]
Merthyr Tydfil Stipendiary Justice Bill [Lords]; Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, and Thornaby Tramways Bill [Lords]. Read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Private Bills (Group G)
reported from the Committee on Group G of Private Bills; That Mr. Charles O'Donnell, one of the members of the said Committee, was not present during the sitting of the Committee this day.
Report to lie upon the Table.