§ *MR. JEFFREYS(Hampshire, N. said this Bill, promoted by the London County Council, sought to alter the 1068 standard price charged for gas by the Gas Light and Coke Company. The London County Council had every right to oppose the Bill of the Gas Light and Coke Company, which was also before the House, but it was a very unusual thing to bring in a measure to revise a Company's prices; he was told it was unprecedented, and he felt it his duty to bring the matter before the House. He did not propose to divide the House against the Bill, because he understood that the promoters of both the Bills had come to an agreement, and he therefore advised that the two Bills should go before a Committee upstairs.
§ MR. JOHN BURNS (Battersea)said the question of precedent might be as the Deputy Chairman of Committees had stated it, but those responsible for the introduction of the Gas Light and Coke Company Bill had no objection to the County Council's Amendments Bill going through on the understanding that both the Bills should go to the same Committee upstairs.
The Bill was read a second time, and committed.