§ Private Bills (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 Bills, referred on the Second Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, which are applicable thereto, have been complied with, namely:
- Gas Light and Coke Company Bill.
- South Shields Gas Bill.
§ Ordered, That the Bills be committed.
§ Provisional Order Bills (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, referred on the First Reading thereof, no Standing Orders are applicable, namely:
§ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To-morrow.
§ South Metropolitan Gas Bill,
§ 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.
§ Cannock Gas Bill, Hampton Court Gas Bill, Liverpool Gas Bill, Longwood and Slaithwaite Gas Bill, Cardiff Gas Bill, Hastings and St. Leonards Gas Bill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas Bill, Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill, Richmond Gas Bill, Southampton Gas Bill, Swansea Gas Bill, York Gas Bill, Basingstoke Gas Bill (all by Order).
1320§ Orders for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bills withdrawn.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
§ Rhymney and Aber Valleys Gas and Water Bill (by Order),
§ Second Reading deferred till Monday next.
§ Alliance and Dublin Gas Bill (by Order),
§ Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
§ Local Government Provisional Order (No. 6) Bill,
§ Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.