§ (Mr. Northcote, Mr. Secretary Stanhope, Mr. Brodrick.)
§ COMMITTEE. [ADJOURNED DEBATE.]
§ Order read, for resuming adjourned Debate on Question [3rd August], "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair "(for Committee on the Tramways (War Department) Bill).
§ Question again proposed.
§ Debate resumed.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill considered in Committee.
§ (In the Committee.)
§ Clauses 1 to 3, inclusive, agreed to.
§ Clause 4 (Provision for protection for local and road authorities, and of the public).
§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)Before you go through this clause, Sir, would the hon. Gentleman in charge of the Bill try to explain it? Otherwise, I will move to report Progress.
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF ORDNANCE (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)I beg the hon. Member's pardon. As I explained last night, the Bill is one brought in by the Liberal Administration in consequence of an accident which occurred upon a military tramway. The Bill would have been carried by that Government but for a change of Administration. In consequence of the accident a heavy claim was made against the War Department, because it had no statutory authority to construct a tramway over a public road Therefore, the hon. Member will see it is a purely Departmental Bill.
§ Clause agreed to.
§ Remaining Clauses agreed to.
§ Bill reported; as amended, to be considered To-morrow.
§ House adjourned at Three o'clock.