§ Select Committee appointed, "to inquire into the constitution, efficiency, emoluments, and finances of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and into the most efficient means of providing further security from loss of life and property by fire in the Metropolis:"—That the Committee do consist of Twenty-one Members: — Sir HENRY SELWIN-IBBETSON, Mr. STEVENSON, Mr. M'LAGAN, Mr. CLIFTON, Mr. KINNAIRD, Sir HENRY PEEK, Sir ANDREW LUSK, Lord LINDSAY, Mr. HERBERT, Marquess of TAYISTOCK, Mr. ONSLOW, Mr. HAYTER, Mr. FORSYTH, Mr. HANKEY, Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. LOCKE, Mr. JOHN STEWART HARDY, Sir JAMES HOGG, Mr. RITCHIE, and Mr. HARDCASTLE:—Power to send for persons, papers, and records; Five to be the quorum.
§ Ordered, That the Evidence taken before the Committee on the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, in Session 1876, be referred to the Committee.—(Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson.)
§ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select Committee on the Metropolitan Fire Brigade that they have power to take evidence and report with special reference to better means of preventing loss of life and property from fire in theatres and other places of public amusement.—(Mr. Onslow.)