§ BETHLEM HOSPITAL BILL [Lords].
§ The CHAIRMAN of WAYS and MEANS (Mr. James Hope)I beg to move,
That the Promoters of the Bethlem Hospital Bill [Lords] have leave to suspend any further proceedings thereon in order to pro-coed with the Bill, if they shall think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that notice of their intention to do so be lodged in the Committee and Private Bill Office not later than One o'clock on the day prior to the close of the present Session, and that all fees duo thereon up to that period be paid.
§ The purpose of this. Motion is to carry over to next Session the Bethlem Hospital Bill. This Bill has been objected to from time to time, and I have adjourned it from time to time in the hope that some settlement might be arrived at. No settlement has been arrived at, but I have some hope that, if it is adjourned till next Session, a settlement may be arrived at. The effect of this Motion is to put the Bill into the exact position then that it stands in now.
§ Question put, and agreed to.
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Ordered,
That such Bill shall be deposited in the Committee and Private Bill Office not later than Three o'clock on or before the third day on which the House shall sit after the next meeting of Parliament, with a declaration annexed thereto, signed by the Agent, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill at the last stage of the proceedings thereon in this House in the present Session.
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Ordered,
That the proceedings on such Bill shall be pro forma only in regard to every stage through which the same shall have passed in the present Session, and that no new fees be charged in regard to such stages.
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Ordered,
That the Standing Orders by which the proceedings on Bills are regulated shall not
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apply to such Bill in regard to any of the stages through which the same shall have passed during the present Session.
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Ordered,
That all Petitions presented in the present Session against the Bill shall stand referred to the Committee on such Bill in the next Session of Parliament.
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Ordered,
That this Order be a Standing Order of the House."—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)
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Ordered,
That a Message be sent to the Lords to acquaint them therewith and desire their concurrence."—(The Chairman of Ways and Means.)
§ Baldovan Institution for the Treatment and Education of Defectives Order Confirmation Bill [Lords],
§ Considered; to be read the Third time To-morrow.