§ COLONEL WILSON PATTENsaid, he wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade, Whether the Government propose to introduce any measure relating to the Standing Order of which the hon. Member for Lambeth (Mr. T, Hughes) had given notice?
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONI presume, Sir, the Question of the hon. and gallant Member refers to a Bill which I introduced last Session containing certain clauses in the public interest with the view of its being incorporated in any special Railway Act affecting the metropolis. That Bill would not have met the proposal of the hon. Member for Lambeth, as his suggested Standing Orders are to apply to all companies asking powers to take lands and houses for any kind of works. Our Bill was limited to railway companies. We are in communication with the Metropolitan Board of Works on the subject of the 1286 Bill we introduced last year, and I hope to be able to lay it on the table shortly.
§ COLONEL WILSON PATTENWill it be convenient to introduce the Bill of the Government before the discussion of the hon. Gentleman's (Mr. T. Hughes) Standing Order?
§ MR. MILNER GIBSONI will undertake to bring in the Bill in the course of a few days.