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Return ordered:
respecting application of Standing Order No. 26 (Closure of Debate) during Sessions 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44 and 1944–45 (1) in the House and in Committee of the whole House, under the following heads:
§ Committees on Opposed Private Bills or by Committees nominated partly by the He use and partly by the Committee of Selection, together with the names of the selected Members who served on each Committee; the first and also the last day of the sitting of each Committee; the number of days on which each Committee sat; the number of days on which each selected Member has served; the number of days occupied by each Bill in Committee; the Bills the Preambles of which were reported to have been proved; the Bills the Preambles of which were reported to have been not 1435 proved; and, in the case of Bills for confirming Provisional Orders, whether the Provisional Orders ought or ought not to be confirmed:
§ Of all Private Bills and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders which, in Session 1944–45 have been referred by the Committee of Selection to the Committee on Unopposed Bills, together with the names of the Members who served on the Committee; the number of days on which the Committee sat; and the number of days on which each Member was summoned and on which each Member attended:
§ And, of the number of Private Bills, Hybrid Bills, and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders withdrawn or not proceeded with by the parties, those Bills being specified which have been referred to Committees and dropped during the sittings of the Committee."—[The Deputy-Chairman.]