§ Private Bills [Lords],—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, that, in respect of the Bills comprised in the list reported by the Chairman of Ways and Means as intended to originate in the House of Lords, they have certified that the Standing Orders have been complied with in the following cases, namely:—
- Abertillery and District Water Board.
- Aire and Calder Navigation.
- Beira Railway Company.
- Bengal and North Western Railway.
- Birkenhead Corporation.
- Bournemouth District Railless Traction.
- Brentford Gas.
- Bristol Corporation (Tramways).
- Bristol Corporation (Various Powers).
- Bristol Water.
- British Gas Light Company (Hull Station).
- Chelmsford Gas.
- Cleckheaton Urban District Council.
- Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Corporation.
- Dee Conservancy Board.
- Didcot, Newbury, and Southampton Railway.
- Ellesmere Port and Whitby Urban District Council.
- Gas Light and Coke Company.
- Great Eastern Railway.
- Great Northern Railway.
- Great Yarmouth Haven Bridge.
- Hightown Gas and Electricity.
- Hull and Barnsley Railway.
- Leighton Buzzard Gas.
- Liverpool United Gaslight Company.
- Llanfaelog Water.
- London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.
- Longwood and Slaithwaite Gas.
- Mablethorpe Urban District Council.
- Manchester Corporation.
- Mansfield Railway.
- Mexborough Urban District Council.
- Mexborough Water.
- Midland Railway.
- Motherwell Burgh Extension and Sewage Purification (Substituted Bill).
- Newport Corporation.
- North Eastern Railway.
- North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply.
- Nottingham Mechanics Institution (Amendment).
- Poole Harbour.
- Poole, Sandbanks, and Westbourne Railless Traction.
- Porthcawl Urban District Council.
- Railway Clearing System Superannuation Fund Corporation.
- Reading Corporation.
- Rhymney and Aber Valleys Gas and Water.
- St. George's Hospital.
- St. Just Railway.
- Skegness Gas.
- South Bank and Normanby Gas Light and Coke Company.
- South Metropolitan Cemetery Company.
- South Western and Isle of Wight Junction Railway.
- Stone Gas and Electricity.
- Swindon Corporation (Wilts and Berks Canal Abandonment).
- Wesleyan and General Assurance Society.
- West Gloucestershire Water.
- Weston-super-Mare Urban District Council.
- Whitwell and District Gas.
- Wimbledon Corporation.
§ And they have certified that the Standing Orders have not been complied with in the following cases, namely:—
- Belfast Corporation.
- Edenbridge and District Gas.
- Skegness Urban District Council.
- Yorkshire Electric Power.
§ Private Bill Petitions [Lords] (Standing Orders not complied with)—Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table Reports from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of Petitions for the following Bills, originating in the Lords, the Standing Orders have not been complied with, namely:—
- Belfast Corporation [Lords].
- Edenbridge and District Gas [Lords].
- Skegness Urban District Council [Lords].
- Yorkshire Electric Power [Lords],
§ Ordered, That the Reports be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.
§ Private Bill Petitions (Standing Orders not complied with),—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Reports from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the Petitions for the following Bills, the Standing Orders have not been complied with, namely:—
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation.
- Sheffield Corporation.
§ Ordered, that the Reports be referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders.
§ Assurance Companies,
§ Paper [Presented 10th February] to be printed.
§ Hastings Tramways Acts, 1900 to 1903,
§ Report [presented 10th February] to be printed. [No. 80.]