§ MR. SHAW-LEFEVRE, in rising to move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so much of "The Regulation of Railways Act, 1868," as relates to the approval by meetings of incorporated 25 Railway Companies of Bills and Certificates for conferring further powers on those Companies, stated, in explanation, that ill consequences had arisen from the operation of one clause in the Bill of last year, by which smaller companies were prevented from coming before Parliament where larger companies who had an interest in their line wished to oppose them. He had consulted with the Chairmen of Committees in both Houses, and at their instance he had brought forward the present Bill.
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Motion agreed to.
Bill to repeal so much of "The Regulation of Railways Act, 1868," as relates to the approval by meetings of incorporated Railway Companies of Bills and Certificates for conferring further powers on those Companies, ordered to be brought in by Mr. LEFEVRE and Mr. JOHN BRIGHT.
§ Billy resented, and read the first time. [Bill 62.]