§ Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, which are applicable thereto, have been complied with, namely:—
§ Great Central Railway (Pension Fund) Bill [Lords].
§ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.
§ Private Bills [Lords] (No Standing Orders applicable),—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders are applicable, namely:—
§ Hesketh Estate (Flood Defences) Bill [Lords].
§ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.
§ Provisional Order Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders applicable thereto complied with),—Mr. SPEAKER, laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following Bill, brought from the Lords, and referred on the First Reading thereof, the Standing Orders which are applicable thereto have been complied with, namely:—
§ Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London) Bill [Lords].
§ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To-morrow.
§ Norwich Electric Tramways Bill,
§ Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
1466§ Birkenhead Corporation Bill [Lords],
§ As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Newport Corporation Bill [Lords],
§ As amended, considered; Amendments made; Bill to be read the third time.
§ Oxford and District Tramways Bill,
§ Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire Electric Power Bill [Lords],
§ Yorkshire Electric Power Bill [Lords],
§ As amended, considered; to be read the third time.
§ Bristol Corporation (Tramways) Bill [Lords],
§ De Trafford Estate Bill [Lords],
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Edenbridge and District Gas Bill [Lords],
§ Falkland and Pluscarden Estates Bill [Lords],
§ Glasgow Corporation (Tramways, etc.) Bill [Lords],
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Bill [Lords],
§ To be read a second time To-morrow.
§ Porthcawl Urban District Council Bill [Lords],
§ South Western and Isle of Wight Junction Railway Bill [Lords],
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Swindow Corporation (Wilts and Berks Canal Abandonment) Bill [Lords],
§ To be read a second time To-morrow.
§ Wimbledon Corporation Bill [Lords],
§ Read a second time, and committed.
§ Local Government Provisional Order (No. 3) Bill,
§ Consideration, as amended, deferred till To-morrow.
§ Clyde Navigation Order Confirmation Bill,
§ "To confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to Clyde Navigation." Presented by Mr. MCKINNON WOOD; read the first time; and ordered (under Section 9 of the Act) to be read a second time upon Tuesday, 21st July, and to be printed. [Bill 319.]
1467§ Private Bills (Group J),
§ The CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS reported, That the parties opposing the Local Government Provisional Order (No. 18) Bill [Plymouth Order], had stated that the evidence of Edward Roland Soames, of 10, Lower Belgrave Street, S.W., was essential to their case; and, it having been proved that his attendance could not be procured without the intervention of the House, he had been instructed to move that the said Edward Roland Soames do attend the Committee on Group J of Private Bills To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock.
§ Ordered, That Edward Roland Soames do attend the Committee on Group J of Private Bills To-morrow, at Eleven of the clock.