HC Deb 10 December 1929 vol 233 cc209-11

The following Notice of Motion stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. J. H. THOMAS:— On or before the 17th day of December a printed copy of every Private Bill for winch application is intended to be made during the present Session shall be deposited at the Office of the Lord Privy Seal. If it appears to the Lord Privy Seal that any such Bill contains provisions relating to works the execution of which would substantially contribute to the relief of unemployment ho may on or before the 15th day of January send to Mr. Speaker a certicate to that effect and notify the Promoters of such Bill accordingly, and a Bill with respect to which such a certificate and notice is so given is hereinafter referred to as a certified Bill; and where in the opinion of the Lord Privy Seal any such Bill, in addition to containing such provisions as aforesaid, contains other provisions distinct therefrom not relating to such works as aforesaid, the certificate Shall state which of the provisions (hereinafter referred to as certified provisions) are the provisions of the Bill which relate to such works as aforesaid. As soon as may be after it has been received by him, every such certificate shall be laid by Mr. Speaker upon the Table of the House. In the case of a certified Bill the Standing Orders relating to Private Business shall have effect subject to the following provisions, and so far as inconsistent with those provisions shall not apply:—

  1. (1) Every such Bill introduced into the House of Commons shall be ordered to be read a Second time on the fourth day after the day on which it is presented or, if the House is not sitting on that day, then on the next day thereafter on which the House would ordinarily sit;
  2. (2) Where any such Bill contains both certified and other provisions then, as soon as the Bill has been read a Second 210 time, a Motion may be made with or without notice as to the Committee to which the certified provisions shall be committed, and if such a Motion be agreed to the certified provisions shall proceed separately as a certified Bill, and the remaining provisions of the Bill shall stand committed to the Committee of Selection or the Local Legislation Committee, as the case may be, and any Petition which has been deposited against the Bill shall be deemed to be a Petition for all purposes against each of the separate Bills, or if notice in writing to that effect is given in the Committee and Private Bill Office by the Petitioner against such one of the Bills as is specified in such notice;
  3. (3) Any certified Bill promoted by a company already constituted by Act of Parliament or by any company, society, association, or co-partnership, whether a company within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1929, or otherwise constituted, shall not after Second Reading be referred to the Examiners, but compliance with Standing Orders 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66, or any of them, shall be proved before the Committee to whom such Bill is referred;
  4. (4) Any Committee to whom a certified Bill is referred shall have leave to consider it forthwith, provided that a filled-up Bill shall have been previously deposited, and shall hear and determine any question of locus standi;
  5. (5) Any certified Bill if amended in Committee shall be ordered to lie upon the Table, and shall be taken into consideration on the day on which the House shall next sit provided amended prints shall have been previously deposited, and the Third Reading of such Bill may be taken immediately after the consideration of the Bill as amended;
  6. (6) Any certified Bill, if not amended in Committee, shall be ordered to be read the Third time on the day on which the House shall next sit;
  7. (7) All Amendments made by the House of Lords to a certified Bill shall, if unopposed, be considered forthwith and, if opposed, shall be considered at such time as the Chairman of Ways and Means shall determine.
  8. (8) Where the Promoters of a Private Bill have not deposited a Petition for such Bill on or before the 17th day of December and the Lord Privy Seal sends to Mr. Speaker such a certificate as aforesaid, the Promoters of such Bill shall have leave to deposit a Petition for the Bill in the Committee and Private Bill Office, and such Petition shall stand referred to the Examiners."

The LORD PRIVY SEAL (Mr. J. H. Thomas)

rose—

HON. MEMBERS

Object!

Mr. SPEAKER

Objection taken. What day?

The CHAIRMAN of WAYS and MEANS (Mr. Robert Young)

To-morrow at 7.30.

Mr. THOMAS

rose—

Mr. SPEAKER

If it is objected to, we must put it off.

Major Sir ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR

We could not hear what your Ruling was, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. SPEAKER

I said that we must put it off, if it is objected to, until tomorrow at 7.30.

Lieut. - Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL

Until this day 12 months!