§ Standing Order 1, line 17, leave out "County rate."
§ Line 26, at end, insert "General rate."
§ Line 30, after "Land," insert "taking."
§ Line 31, at end, insert "Local Authority enlarging or altering Powers of."
§ Line 38, leave out "Poor rate."
§ Definitions, line 16, leave out from "vehicles," to end oh line 18, and insert "adapted for use upon roads without rails are moved by electrical power transmitted thereto from some external source."
§ Line 18, at end, insert "the term 'classified road' means a road classified by the Minister of Transport under the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, in Class I or Class II, or in any class declared by him to be not inferior to those classes for the purpose of the Local Government Act, 1929."
242§ Standing Order No. 9, line 19, after "situate," insert "or if there be no newspaper published therein then in some newspaper or newspapers published in some county adjoining or near thereto."
§ Standing Order 11, line 6, leave out "that," and insert "any such."
§ Standing Order 14, line 30, leave out "the Peace," and insert "County Councils and Town Clerks of County Boroughs."
§ Standing Order 24, line 16, leave out "Peace for every County, Riding, or Division," and insert "County Council of every administrative County, and of the Town Clerk of every County Borough."
§ Line 27, leave out "the Peace," and insert "County Councils and Town Clreks."
§ Line 38, leave out "Peace," and insert "County Council or Town Clerk."
§ Line 42, after "Map," insert "published, prepared, or approved by the Ordnance Survey."
§ Standing Order 27, lines 6 and 7, leave out "any Clerk of the Peace," and insert "the Clerk of any County Council or Town Clerk of any County Borough."
§ Standing Order 29, line 14, after "any," insert "metropolitan or non-County."
§ Lines 15 and 16, leave out "whether metropolitan or other."
§ Standing Order 33, line 3, leave out "Private."
§ Line 6, leave out "Private."
§ Lines 6 and 7, leave out "relating to England and Wales."
§ Line 10, leave out paragraph (3).
§ Line 13, leave out "Private."
§ Line 42, leave out "in England and Wales."
§ Line 57, leave out paragraph 11, and insert "(11) Of every Bill relating to any company, body, or person carrying on business in any part of His Majesty's Dominions outside the United Kingdom:
- (a) If the business is carried on in a self-governing Dominion at the office of the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs;
- (b) If the business is carried on in India at the office of the Secretary of State for India;
- (c) If the business is carried on in any other part of His Majesty's Dominions at the office of the Secretary of State for the Colonies."
§ Line 70, leave out "Private."
§ Lines 70 and 71, leave out "relating to England and Wales."
§ Lines 81 and 82, leave out "if the property is in England."
§ Line 91, leave out "Private."
§ Lines 92 to 94, leave out "of land in England or Wales or which relates to the improvement of land in England, Wales, or Scotland," and insert "or improvement of land."
243§ Lines 102 and 103, leave out "in the United Kingdom."
§ Standing Order 34A, lines 6 and 7, leave out "Road Authority," and insert "County or borough or district council liable for the maintenance of the streets or roads."
§ Standing Order 36A, line 20, after "purposes," insert "of."
§ Line 24, leave out from the first "the," to the end of the Standing Order, and insert "area for which the local authority act, that is to say:
- (a) the Acreage;
- (b) the population of the area according to the last Census;
- (c) the rateable value of the area according to the valuation list in force at the commencement of the then current financial year;
- (d) the rates in the pound of all local rates made within the area during the last preceding financial year;
- (e) the sum of the balances of outstanding loans raised by the local authority showing separately those in respect of (1) revenue producing undertakings, (2) housing, (3) education, and (4) other purposes, after deducting any sums in sinking funds."
§ Standing Order 39, line 2, leave out from "deposited," to "duplicates," in line 5, and insert "with any Public Department in relation to any Provisional Order or Certificate by which it is proposed to authorise the taking of land or the construction of works."
§ Lines 9 and 10, leave out "at any Public Department or with any County Council."
§ Standing Order 60, line 5, after "34," insert "or Standing Order 255."
§ Standing Order 61, lines 12 and 13, leave out "Peace of every County Riding or Division," and insert "County Council of every administrative county and Town Clerk of every County Borough."
§ Standing Order 76, line 3, leave out from "evidence," to the end of the Standing Order.
§ Standing Order 84, line 8, after "34," insert "or Standing Order 255."
§ Standing Order 99, leave out the whole Order.
§ Standing Order 111, line 2, leave out "not being a Divorce Bill."
§ Standing Order 128, line 24, leave out "Commissioners," and insert "and Canal Commission or the Railway Rates Tribunal."
§ Standing Order 132, line 9, leave out "main," and insert "county."
§ Standing Order 134, line 5, leave out "Ministry of Agriculture," and insert "Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries."
§ Standing Order 141, line 5, leave out from "evidence," to the end of the Standing Order.
244§ Standing Order 145, line 3, leave out "main," and insert "classified."
§ Standing Order 151, line 11, leave out from "applicable," to end of the Standing Order.
§ Standing Order 154, lines 3 and 4, leave out "Turnpike Road so defined in the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 and insert "classified road."
§ Standing Order 157, line 12 leave out "Highway," and insert "public carriage road."
§ Standing Order 158a, line 25, leave out "Paymaster General," and insert "Accountant General."
§ Standing Order 166a, leave out the whole Order.
§ Standing Order 167, line 49, leave out "half-yearly."
§ Standing Order 168c, line 6, after "1888," insert "and of Section seventy-two of the Railways Act, 1921."
§ Standing Order 170, line 3, after "Subway," insert "shall."
§ Standing Order 171, line 9, leave out from "them," to "Provided," in line 15.
§ Standing Order 172, lines 6 and 7, leave out "Ministry of Transport or."
§ Line 7, after "Health," insert "the Ministry of Transport or the Electricity Commissioners."
§ Line 12, after "Ministry," insert "or Commissioners."
§ Standing Order 175, leave out the whole Order.
§ Standing Order 176, line 5, leave out from "Affidavit," to the end of the Standing Order.
§ Standing Order 177, lines 16 and 17, leave out "value according to the Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment," and insert "net annual value for Income Tax purposes as defined by the Local Government Act, 1929."
§ Standing Order 178, lines 14 and 15, leave out "value according to the Poor Rate or Land Tax Assessment," and insert "net annual value for Income Tax purposes as defined by the Local Government Act, 1929."
§ Standing Order 179, line 11, leave out from "for," to "in," in line 13, and insert "vesting the same in the appropriate authority of the area."
§ Line 16, leave out "parish," and insert "authority."
§ Standing Order 180, line 7, leave out "enfranchisement of copyholds," and insert "extinguishment of manorial incidents."
§ Standing Order 184a, line 2, leave out "the county of."
§ Standing Order 189, leave out the whole Order.
§ Standing Order 189a, leave out the whole Order.
§ Standing Order 190, leave out the whole Order.
245§ Standing Order 191, leave out the whole Order.
§ Standing Order 192, leave out the whole Order.
§ Standing Order 208, lines 1 and 2, leave out "not being a Divorce Bill."
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Lines 4, and 5, leave out "and if a Divorce Bill to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills."
Standing Order 255, line 16, after "deposited," insert "and it shall not be necessary to comply with the provisions as to the deposit of copies of the Bills at offices of public Departments and other offices which are applicable to other Bills."—[The Deputy-Chairman.]
§ Major COLFOXMay we have some explanation of this Motion? Of course, we cannot ask for a detailed explanation of every item in this long Schedule, but can we have some kind of explanation as to the general effect of these alterations?
§ The DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN of WAYS and MEANS (Mr. Dunnico)I should like to explain to the House that these proposed Amendments of Standing Orders have a two-fold object. The first object is to expedite the passage of private Bills through the Session by about 10 days. Those 10 days will do much to relieve congestion which has always to be faced at the end of the Session. Part II is almost purely drafting. The Amendments are consequential either upon the alteration of dates or upon the passing of the Local Government Act of last year. I may say, for the information of the House that these Amendments, consequential upon the alteration of dates, have been agreed to by the County Councils Association, the Municipal Boroughs Association, the Urban District Councils Association, the Parliamentary Bar, the Parliamentary Agents, and unanimously by the Select Committee of which I am Chairman. I think the House may rest assured that no change of real substance has been made, but that what is proposed is merely to expedite the passage of private Bills by about 10 days each Session.
Sir BOLTON EYRES MONSELLNo one wants to stop this business in any way, but may I ask whether there is no method of taking this prolonged business in Government time instead of it engaging so much of private Members' Question Time? I do not suppose that anyone wants to discuss these Amend- 246 ments, but they might wish to do so, and, if there were discussion, it might occupy the whole of Question Time.
§ Mr. SPEAKERThe ordinary time set apart for this business is from 2.45 to 3 o'clock.
§ Question put, and agreed to.