§ The following Bills were presented, and read the first time:—
§ Sir ROBERT PRICE—Prevention of Destitution—Bill to provide for the more effectual prevention of Destitution and the better organisation of public assistance. (To be, read a second time upon 8th April.)
§ Mr. SHERWELL—Parliamentary Elections Law Amendment—Bill to Amend the Law Relating to Parliamentary Elections. (To be read a second time upon 1st April.)
§ Mr. CHARLES ROBERTS—Temperance (Scotland)—Bill to promote Temperance in Scotland by conferring on the electors in prescribed areas control over the grant and renewal of certificates; by securing a later hour of opening for licensed premises; and by amending the Law relating to clubs; and by other provisions incidental thereto. (To be read a second time upon 15th April.)
354§ Mr. KERR-SMILEY—Poor Law (Ireland)—Bill to provide for altering and reforming the administration of the Poor Law system in Ireland. (To be read a second time upon 22nd April.)
§ Mr. HOARE—Ownership of Land—Bill to extend small ownership of Land. (To be read a second time upon 8th April.)
§ Mr. SIMON—Elementary Education (School Attendance)—Bill to alter the age of exemption from attendance at School. (To be read a second time upon 22nd April.)
§ Captain COOPER—Revising Barristers (Ireland)—Bill to amend the Law in Ireland with regard to the appointment of assistant Revising Barristers. (To be read a second time upon 6th May.)
§ Mr. LEE—Ownership of Land (No. 2)—Bill to promote the ownership of Agricultural Land. (To be read a second time upon 15th April.)
§ Mr. SAMUEL ROBERTS—Prevention of Theft of Metals—Bill to amend Law with respect to the prevention of Theft of Metals. (To be read a second time upon 15th April.)
§ Sir CHARLES DILKE—Shops—Bill to amend the Law relating to Shops. (To be read a second time upon 3rd June.)
§ 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 upon 4th March.)
§ Captain CRAIG—Solicitors' Acts Amendment—Bill to amend the Law relating to the admission of Solicitors. (To be read a second time upon 15th April.)
§ Sir JOHN 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 upon 22nd April.)
§ Mr. M'ARTHUR—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 upon 6th May.)
§ Mr. HICHAM—Public Rights of Way—Bill to amend the Law relating to Public Rights of way. (To be read a second time upon 29th April.)
355§ Mr. HIGHAM—Commons—Bill to amend The Inclosure Acts, 1845 to 1899, and the Law relating to Commons. (To be read a second time upon 29th April.)
§ Mr. CHARLES ROBERTS—Public Health Act (1875) Amendment—Bill to empower local authorities to acquire water rights otherwise than by agreement. (To be read a second time upon 29th April.)