§ The following Bills were presented and read a first time:—
§ Mr. DOBSON .—Daylight Saving.—Bill to promote the earlier use of Daylight in certain months yearly; and for other purposes relating thereto. (To be read a second time, March 1st.)
§ Mr. BRIGG .—Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday.—Bill to prohibit or to regulate the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors on Sunday. (To be read a second time, March 12th.)
Mr. HOWARD .—Representation of the People. —Bill to Amend the Law Relating to the Representation of the People in United Kingdom and to remove the Electoral Disabilities of Women. (To be read a second time, March 26th.)
§ Mr. HILLS .—Sweated Industries.—Bill to improve the conditions of employment, including the establishment of a legal minimum wage, of persons employed in certain industries. (To be read a second time, March 26th.)
§ Mr. EDWARD DUNN .—Education (Administrative Provisions). —Bill to amend the provisions of The Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907, and The Education (Provision of Meals) Act, 1906. (To be read a second time, April 23rd )
§ Mr. ROBERT PEARCE .— Coal Mines (Check-weighers).—Bill to amend the Coal 334 Mines Regulation Acts. (To be read a second time, May 7th.)
§ Mr. HODGE .—Unemployed Workmen.—Bill to provide work through public authorities for unemployed persons; and for other purposes connected therewith. (To be read a second time, April 30th.)
§ Mr. LUNDON .—Roman Catholic Disabilities Removal.—Bill to remove certain Disabilities affecting Roman Catholics. (To be read a second time, May 14th.)
§ Mr. GINNELL .—Police (Malicious Injuries) (Ireland).—Bill to amend the Law relating to Police and Malicious Injuries in Ireland. (To be read a second time, May 21st.)
§ Mr. CHARLES ROBERTS .—Licensed Premises (Election Days) Closing.—Bill to secure the Closing of Licensed Premises on Election Days. (To be read a second time, April 2nd.)
§ Mr. O'MALLEY .—Town Tenants (Ireland).—Bill to amend The Town Tenants (Ireland) Act, 1906. (To be read a second time, April 2nd.)
§ Mr. PIRIE .—Temperance (Scotland).—Bill to promote Temperance in Scotland. (To be read a second time, February 26th.)
§ Mr. WILLIAM REDMOND .—Labourers (Ireland) Acts Amendment. —Bill to amend the Labourers (Ireland) Acts. (To be read a second time, May 21st.)
§ Mr. LEIF JONES .—Public Health Act (1875) Amendment (Water Rights).—Bill to empower local authorities to acquire Water Rights otherwise than by agreement. (To be read a second time, April 16th.)
§ Mr. SEAVERNS .—Ecclesiastical Disorders.—Bill to provide for the better enforcement of the Laws relating to Public Worship and to deal with Ecclesiastical Disorders in the Church of England. (To be read a second time, April 20th.)
§ Sir HERBERT ROBERTS .—Sunday Closing (Wales) Act (1881) Amendment.—Bill to amend The Sunday Closing (Wales) Act, 1881, and to make further provision for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in Wales and Monmouthshire. (To be read a second time, March 26th.)
§ Mr. STUART-WORTLEY .—Bishopric of Sheffield (No. 2).—Bill to provide for the foundation of a Bishopric of Sheffield, and for matters incidental thereto. (To be read a second time, May 7th.)
§ Mr. HIGHAM .—Licensing Justices.—Bill to assimilate the law as to the privilege of Licensing Justices with that applicable 335 to justices sitting in courts of summary jurisdiction. (To be read a second time, March 12th.)
§ Sir CHARLES DILKE .—Franchise and Removal of Women's Disabilities.—Bill to establish a single Franchise at all elections, and thereby to abolish university representation and to remove the Disabilities of Women. (To be read a second time, March 19th.)
§ Sir CHARLES DILKE .—Shops.—Bill to amend the Law relating to Shops. (To be read a second time, March 26th.)
§ Sir LUKE WHITE .—Coroners' Inquests.—Bill to dispense with the compulsory viewing of bodies by juries on the holding of Coroners' Inquests. (To be read a second time, March 5th.)
§ Mr. SLOAN .—Licensing (Ireland).—Bill to provide for the better administration of the Licensing Laws in Ireland, and for other purposes connected therewith. (To be read a second time, April 23rd.)
§ Mr. SLOAN .—Registration of Clubs (Ireland).—Bill to amend the Law in reference to the Registration of Clubs in Ireland, and for other purposes connected therewith. (To be read a second time, March 19th.)
§ Mr. SLOAN .—Handloom Weaving.—Bill to protect the interests of Handloom Weavers, and for other purposes in connection therewith. (To be read a second time, March 19th.)
§ Mr. SAMUEL ROBERTS .—Stolen Precious Metals.—Bill to amend the Law with regard to Stolen Precious Metals. (To be read a second time, March 26th.)
§ Sir GEORGE M'CRAE .—Police Superannuation (Scotland).—Bill to amend The Police (Scotland) Act, 1890. (To be read a second time, February 26th.)
§ Sir JOHN JARDINE .—Salmon, Trout, and River Tweed Fisheries.—Bill to consolidate and amend the Acts for the more effectual preservation and increase of Salmon and Trout and for regulating and improving the Fisheries in the River Tweed, and the rivers and streams running into the same, and also within the mouth or entrance of the said river, and for other purposes. (To be read a second time, February 25th.)
§ Dr. SHIPMAN .— Local Government Qualification (England and Wales).—Bill to extend the qualification for being elected on county and borough councils. (To be read a second time, May 7th.)
§ Mr. ANNAN BRYCE .—Access to Mountains (Scotland).—Bill to secure to the 336 public the right of Access to Mountains and Moorlands in Scotland. (To be read a second time, May 7th.)
§ Mr. M'ARTHUR .—Merchant Shipping (Lighthouses).—Bill to amend the Law with regard to Lighthouses and to abolish Light Dues. (To be read a second time, May 28th.)