§ 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 Bill, referred on the Second Reading thereof, the Standing Orders not previously inquired into, which are applicable thereto, have been complied with, namely:
§ Ordered, That the Bill be committed.
§ 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:
§ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time.
§ Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire Electric Power Bill [Lords] (by Order),
§ Third Reading deferred till To-morrow.
§ Gas Light and Coke Company Bill (by Order),
§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time."
§ The CHAIRMAN of WAYS and MEANS (Mr. Whitley)The promoters of the two Gas Bills on the Paper—[Gas Light and Coke Company Bill and South Shields Gas Bill]—have agreed to accept the Instruction which stands in my name, and I hope the House will now allow the remaining provisions of these Bills to go to the Committee.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
§ Bill accordingly read a second time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee to which the Bill may be referred to strike out the provisions whereby it is proposed to increase any statutory maximum price or to modify any existing statutory provisions as to the relation of price to dividend.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
§ South Shields Gas Bill (by Order),
§ Read a second time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
§ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee to which the Bill may be referred to strike out the provisions whereby it is proposed to increase any statutory maximum price or to modify existing statutory provisions as to the relation of price to dividend.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
§ Ipswich Dock Bill [Lords] (by Order),
§ Second Reading deferred till Tomorrow.
§ Rothesay Tramways (Amendment) Order Confirmation Bill (by Order),
§ Considered; to be read the third time To-morrow.