§ 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:—
§ Newcastle and Gateshead Water Bill.
§ Bills committed.
§ 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:—
§ Madras Railway Annuities Bill [Lords.]
§ Bill to be read a Second time.
§ Grampian Electricity Supply Bill,
§ Read a Second time, and committed.
§ London County Council (Tramways, Trolley Vehicles, and Improvements) Bill (by Order),
§ Second Reading deferred till Friday.
§ South Staffordshire Water Bill (by Order),
§ Read a Second time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
1042§ Pilotage Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill,
§ Read a Second time, and committed.
§ Pilotage Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill,
§ Read a Second time, and committed.
§ Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee on the Bill that, in the case of any Order scheduled to the Bill whereby it is proposed that pilotage shall not be compulsory, the Committee have power, if there are Petitioners seeking to make pilotage compulsory in the district affected by the Order, to hear such Petitioners and any Petitioners against alterations who have presented Petitions within five clear days before the meeting of the Committee, and that if the Committee are of opinion that an Order should be made providing that pilotage shall be compulsory they shall mate a Special Report to the House to that effect.—[Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson.]