§ London Rating (Site Values) Bill,
§ Title of Bill set down for Second Reading read.
§ Mr. SpeakerAs due notice of the Second Reading of this Bill had been given on behalf of the Promoters for this day, the name of the Bill appears on the Order Paper. As I ruled yesterday, since the Bill raises questions of public policy of great importance and affects interests of vast magnitude, which are more than local, the Bill ought to be introduced as 1092 a Public Bill, and cannot be allowed to proceed as a Private Bill. Accordingly, the Bill must be withdrawn.
Whereupon the Order for Second Reading was discharged, and the Bill withdrawn.
§ Southern Railway Bill (by Order),
§ Read a Second time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.