§ I0.21 p.m.
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI beg to move, in page 50, line I, after "undertakers," to insert:
or persons carrying on any hydraulic power undertaking.This Amendment would extend to hydraulic power companies the same immunity from the liability of having their own supplies of water taken as is given to the public utility undertakings. There have been a great many requests from such undertakers for this sort of immunity, which seems to be reasonable.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendment made: In page 50, line 3, leave out "therefrom."—[Mr. W. S. Morrison,,]
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonI beg to move, in page 50, line 42, at the end, to insert:
and if they are so authorised, Section thirty of that Act (which confers power to stop up streets) shall apply accordingly.This Amendment is put down at the request of the London County Council, who explained that the proposal to apply Section 30 of the Public Health (London) Act had been omitted by mistake from the proposals originally submitted by them. The county council say that it is 1244 essential for the purpose of carrying out their scheme that they should have the power conferred by Section 30, which, I would remind the House, provides that the county council may, during the execution of any works by them under this part of the Act, cause the whole or part of a street to be stopped up, in so far as it may be necessary to do so for the execution of the works.
§ Amendment agreed to.