§ SIR G. TREVELYAN (Glasgow, Bridgeton)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate the reason for the delay in proceeding with "The Electric Lighting Act (1882) Amendment Bill;" and whether he is aware that, upon the footing that this Bill would be proceeded with so as to enable the Board of Trade to proceed with the Electric Lighting' Provisional Order of the Corporation of Glasgow, the Corporation have withdrawn that portion of their Bill now before Parliament relating to electricity?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. P. B. ROBERTSON,) ButeThe only existing cause of delay is that, when I have moved the Second Reading, objection has been taken from the Opposition side of the House. So far as I know, the Bill on its merits is entirely uncontested; it relates to a matter of administrative detail; it is the result of careful consultation with the various authorities concerned; and I gather that it has the support of the right hon. Baronet. Accordingly, I trust the right hon. Baronet will use his influence with his friends when I again move the Second Reading to-night, and at the subsequent stages; and, if so, I doubt not that the Bill will pass without further loss of time.