House Of Lords
Monday, 7th May, 1900.
Private Bill Business
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.
London County Council (General Powers).
London County Council (Spitalfields Market).
London County Tramways (No. 2).
Hastings Harbour.
Hastings Tramways.
Maidenhead Gas.
Wolverhampton, Essington, and Can-nock Chase Junction Railway.
St. David's Railway (Additional Powers).
And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have not been complied with:—
Liverpool Overhead Railway [H. L.] — (Petition for additional Provision).
Salford Corporation [H. L.]—(Petition for additional Provision).
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
Sheffield Corporation Bill H L
Witnesses ordered to attend the Select Committee.
South Essex Water Bill H L
A witness ordered to attend the Select Committee.
Standing Orders Committee
Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the following Bills ought to be dispensed with:—
- Portland Urban District Gas.
- Blackpool, St. Annes, and Lytham Tramways.
- London and San Francisco Bank— (Petition for Bill).
Read, and agreed to.
North-Eastern Railway Bill Hl
Petition for additional provision, of the Marquess of Londonderry, and the North-Eastern Railway and Seaham Harbour Dock Companies under their respective common seals; together with proposed Clause and Amendment annexed thereto; read, and referred to the Examiners.
Wirrall Railway Bill H L
The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House, That the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The Order made on the 2nd March last discharged, and Bill committed for Friday next.
Purfleet And Gravesend Junction Railway Bill H L
The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House, That the promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. The Order made on 20th March last discharged. Ordered that the Bill be not further proceeded with.
Cork Electric Tramways Bill Hl
Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments.
Rhymney Railway Bill H L
Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments.
Redhill Gas Bill
Reported without amendment.
Milford Docks Bill H L
Commercial Union Assurance Company Bill H L
Reported with Amendments.
Grantham Gas Bill
Reported with Amendments.
Reading Corporation (Tramways) Bill
Read 2a , and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
Hoylake And West Kirby Improvement Bill
Read 2a , and committed.
Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (Brighton And Preston United Districts, Etc) Bill H L
Read 2a (according to Order).
Railways (Ireland) Amalgamation Bills
Message from the Commons to say that they have appointed a Select Committee of Four Members to join with the Select Committee appointed by this House, as mentioned in their Lordships' Message of the 1st instant.
Returns, Reports, Etc
Education And Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892
Return, for the year ended the 31st of March, 1899, showing the allocation and application of the contribution out of the Local Taxation (Scotland) Account, under Section 2, sub-section (5), of the Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892 (Equivalent Grant), as amended by Section 2 of the Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1898.
Marriages, Births, And Deaths (England)
General Abstract for 1899.
Trade Reports (Annual Series)
- No. 2414. United States (Chicago and District).
- No. 2415. France (Bordeaux and District).
- No. 2416. Austria-Hungary (Trieste).
- No. 2417. Italy (Leghorn and Ancona).
Presented (by Command), and ordered to lie on the Table.
Patents, Designs, And Trade Marks
Seventeenth Report of the Comptroller General, with appendices, for the year 1899. Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.
Petition
Disabled Soldiers And Sailors
Petition for legislation to ensure adequate provision for, from National sources; of the Guardians of the Poor of the Union of Leominster; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
Midwives Bill H L
Order of the House of the 9th March last for the printing of the Bill, discharged.
County Courts (Investment Of Deposits) Bill H L
Read 3a (according to Order); Amendments made; Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Five of the clock, till To-morrow, half-past Ten of the clock.