HC Deb 07 June 1945 vol 411 cc1035-7

Ordered: That the Promoters of any Private Bill which has originated in this House, or been brought from the House of Lords in the present Session of Parliament shall have leave to suspend any further proceeding thereon in order to proceed with the same, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament: provided that the promoters of any such Bill shall give notice in the Committee and Private Bill Office, not later than the day before the close of the present Session, of their intention so to suspend further proceedings, or, in the case of any Bill which, having passed this House, is then pending in the House of Lords, notice of their intention to proceed with the same Bill in this House in the next Session; provided also that all fees due upon any such Bill up to that date be paid.

Ordered: That not later than five o'clock on the third day on which the House sits after the next meeting of Parliament, every such Bill which has originated in this House shall be deposited in the Committee and Private Bill Office, with a declaration annexed thereto, signed by the agent, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill with respect to which proceedings have been so suspended at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the present Session; and, as soon as conveniently may be in the next Session of Parliament, every such Bill shall be presented by being laid by one of the Clerks in the Committee and Private Bill Office upon the Table of the House.

Ordered: That every Bill so laid upon the Table shall be deemed to have been read the First time and to have been ordered to be read a Second time; or, if it has been read a Second time previously to its being suspended, it shall be deemed to have been read a Second time, and shall be recorded in the Votes as having been so read, or so read and ordered, as the case may be; and, if such Bill has been reported by any Committee in the present Session, the Committee stage shall be dispensed with and the Bill ordered to lie upon the Table, or to be read the Third time, as the case may be.

Ordered: That in case any Bill brought from the House of Lords in the present Session, upon which the proceedings have been suspended in this House, shall be brought from the House of Lords in the next Session of Parliament, a declaration signed as aforesaid stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill which was brought from the House of Lords in the present Session, shall be deposited in the Committee and Private Bill Office before the First Reading of such Bill; and such Bill shall be read the First time and be further proceeded with in the same manner as Bills introduced into this House during the present Session, with this modification that if any such Bill has been amended in this House in the present Session, such amendments shall be deemed to have been made in Committee and the Bill, as amended, shall be ordered to lie upon the Table or, if the Bill has been ordered to be read the Third time in the present Session, to be read the Third time.

Ordered: That the Standing Orders by which the proceedings on Bills are regulated shall not apply to any such Bill in regard to any of the stages through which the same has passed during the present Session, and that no further fees be charged in respect of such stages.

Ordered: That all Petitions presented in the present Session against any Private Bill or against any Bill to confirm any Provisional Order or Certificate which stood referred to the Committee, on the Bill shall stand referred to the Committee on the same Bill in the next Session of Parliament; and that all notices and grounds of objection to the right of Petitioners to be heard within the time prescribed by the Rules of the Court of Referees relating to such notices shall be held applicable in the next Session of Parliament.

Ordered: That no Petitioners shall be heard before the Committee on any such Bill unless their petition has been presented within the time limited in the present Session.

Ordered: That in case the time limited for presenting petitions against any such Bill has not expired at the close of the present Session, Petitioners may be heard before the Committee on such Bill, provided their petition be presented previous to, or not later than, seven days after the next meeting of Parliament.

Ordered: That all Instructions to Committees on Private Bills in the present Session, which are suspended previously to their being reported by any Committee, be Instructions to the Committee on the same Bills in the next Session.

Ordered: That any Standing Orders complied with in respect of any Private Bill or Bill to confirm any Provisional Order or Certificate, originating in the House of Lords, upon which the proceedings have been suspended in that House, shall be deemed to have been complied with in respect of such Bill, if the same is brought from the House of Lords in the next Session of Parliament, and any notices published and given, and any deposits made in respect of such Bill for the present Session shall be held to have been published, given, and made, respectively, for the Bill so brought from the House of Lords in the next Session of Parliament.

Ordered: That all Standing Orders complied with in respect of any Public Bill introduced, or intended to be introduced, during the present Session shall be held applicable to any Bill for the same objects introduced in the next Session, and where the Examiner has already reported upon the compliance with the Standing Orders in respect of any such Bill he shall only report in the next Session whether any further Standing Orders are applicable.

Ordered: That all Bills to confirm any Provisional Order or Certificate introduced into this House in the present Session, shall be suspended from the close of the present Session, in order to be proceeded with in the next Session of Parliament.

Ordered: That with regard to any such Bills the entry in the Journal recording the presentation thereof in the present Session shall be read and thereupon the Bill shall be deemed to have been read the first and second time and shall be recorded in the Votes as having been so read (if the Bill shall have been read a second time during the present Session); and if such Bill has been reported by a Committee in the present Session, the Committee Stage shall be dispensed with, and the Bill ordered to be considered or to be road the third time, as the case may be.

To be Standing Orders of the House.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]

To be communicated to the Lords