HC Deb 27 July 1908 vol 193 cc806-9

Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, pursuant to the Order of the House of the 23rd day of July, That, in the case of the following Bill, the Standing Orders which are applicable thereto have not been complied with, viz.:—Salmon, Trout, and River Tweed Fisheries Bill.

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.

South-West Suburban Water Bill.—Lords' Amendments considered, and agreed to.

Ammanford Urban District Council Water Bill [Lords] (King's Consent signified).—Bill read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.

Great Northern, Piccadilly, and Brompton Railway Bill [Lords].—As amended, considered.

Ordered, That Standing Orders 223 and 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.

Keighley Corporation Bill [Lords].—As amended, considered.

Ordered, That Standing Orders 223 and 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.

Metropolitan Electric Tramways Bill [Lords] — As amended, considered; Amendments made.

Ordered, That Standing Orders 223 and 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.

Rhymney and Aber Valleys Gas and Water Bill [Lords].—As amended, considered.

Ordered, That Standing Orders 223 and 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.

Thames River Steamboat Service Act (1904) Amendment Bill [Lords].—As amended, considered; a Clause added; Bill to be read the third time.

Wath and Bolton Gas Board Bill [Lords].—As amended, considered.

Ordered, That Standing Orders 223 and 243 be suspended, and that the Bill be now read the third time.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Bill accordingly read the third time, and passed, with Amendments.

River Wandle Protection Bill [Lords].—Read a second time, and committed.

Ordered, That Standing Orders 82, 211, 236, and 237 be suspended, and that the Committee on the Bill have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Blackburn Corporation Bill (by Order).—Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.

Crystal Palace Company Bill [Lords].—Ordered, That Standing Orders 211 and 236 be suspended, and that the Committee of Selection have leave to appoint the Committee on the Bill to sit and proceed forthwith.—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)

Standing Orders (Private Business).—Standing Order 26a was read, and amended, in line 2, by leaving out the words "the Plans and Sections," and by inserting the words "so much of the Plans and Sections as relates to the portion of the work by which the banks, foreshore, or river-bed may be affected."

And in line 12, by leaving out the words "the river is subject to a Board of Conservators," and by inserting the words "there be a Board of Conservators, constituted for the conservancy of the river."

Standing Order 82 was read, and amended, in line 5, by leaving out the words "and such Copies shall be," and by adding at the end of the Standing Order, the words "together with Copies of the estimates and statements deposited in accordance with Standing Order 36a (if any)."

Standing Order 172 was read, and amended, in line 11, by inserting after "36a," the words "or under General. Order made in pursuance of the Private Legisation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899."

Standing Order 173a was read, and amended, in lines 30 and 31, by leaving, out the words "and shall be circulated with the Votes."

175a. Ordered, That notice in writing of any Bill relating to England or Ireland, and containing provisions whereby any application of the property of any charity not authorised by the Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts, shall be directed, or the patronage or the constitution of any charity, or the right of any charity to any property, shall be affected, or setting up or taking power to set up or to take over or interfere in the management of any school or other educational foundation or institution, or to levy any rate or raise money for any such purpose, shall be given to the Attorney-General for England or Ireland, as the case may be, and no such Bill shall be taken into consideration by the Committee on the Bill until the House has received a Report from the Attorney-General on such Bill, and such Report shall stand referred to the Committee on the Bill

Resolved, That this Order be a Standing Order of this House.

Standing Order 188a was read, and amended, in line 4, by leaving out the words "and circulated with the Votes."

Standing Order 220 was read, and amended, in lines 2 and 3, by leaving out the words "and circulated with the Votes."—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)