§ MR. WHALLEY, in moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the Amendment of the Railway Construction Facilities Act (1864). said, the object of the Bill was to remove from the Act of 1864 the power which it conferred on certain railway authorities of putting their veto on the action of the Board of Trade in respect to railway projects, even where the landowners and ratepayers assented. The right hon. Gentleman the President of the Board of Trade, whose absence from the House he deeply lamented, had intimated his assent to his Motion.
§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVREsaid, he would not oppose the first reading, but the House was not, therefore, to understand that he agreed to the principle of 192 the Bill. He (Mr. Shaw-Lefevre) might propose a Bill on the same subject, and he proposed that the second reading should be postponed for a fortnight, to enable the House to judge of the Bill he proposed to lay before it.
§ Motion agreed to.
§ Bill for the Amendment of the Railway Construction Facilities Act (18C4), ordered to be brought in by Mr. WHALLEY and Mr. M'MAHON.
§ Bill presented, and read the first time. [Bill 18.]