[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Private Business
Bath Corporation Bill
To be read a Second time upon Tuesday next.
Solihull Corporation Bill
To be read a Second time upon Thursday, 10th February.
Provisional Order Bill
New Zealand And Australian Land Company Limited Order Confirmation
Mr. Gordon Campbell presented a Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under Section 7 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to the New Zealand and Australian Land Company Limited. And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be considered upon Tuesday next and to be printed. [Bill 77.]
Petition
Capital Punishment
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to present a Petition, in conjunction with my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, South (Mr. Blaker), on behalf of our constituents.
The Petition is for the return of capital punishment for premeditated murder. The Petition concludes in the customary way, with the wordsAnd your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.
The wrapping of the Petition explains that it contains 80,000 signatures. The hon. Gentleman can add my name to it and make it 80,001.
To lie upon the Table.