HC Deb 01 August 1935 vol 304 cc2963-4

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the city of Birmingham, which was presented on the 16th day of July and published, be approved with the following modifications:

Clause 6, page 3, after line 14, insert— Provided that clause 2 of the scheduled agreement shall be read and have effect as if the following words were added at the end thereof: 'but the terms and conditions relating to compensation payable to gas workers for loss of employment (on the amalgamation of gas undertakings) recommended by the National Joint Industrial Council for the gas industry, shall apply as between the purchasers and the gas workers employed by the vendors.'

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Derby Gas Light and Coke Company, which was presented on the 16th day of July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Kettering Gas Company, which was presented on the 16th day of July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Luton Gas Company, which was presented on the 16th day of July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, which was presented on the 16th day of July and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the county borough of Smethwick, which was presented on the 12th day of July and published, be approved."—[Dr. Burgin.]

The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.