§ The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Charles MacAndrew)I beg to move,
That the several Amendments to Standing Orders relating to Private Business hereinafter stated in the Schedule be made.The Amendments on the Paper are necessary to take account of the provisions of the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1956, which, as the House knows, received the Royal Assent in August.
§ Question put and agreed to.
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Amendments made:
Standing Order 156A, line 7, at end add "or in Scotland a burgh".
Standing Order 156A, line 16, at end add "as amended by the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1956".
Standing Order 156B, line 6, after "1948" insert "or under the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954, as amended by the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1956".
Standing Order 156B, line 15, at end add "or section five of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954, as so amended
Standing Order 156B, line 21, after "Government" insert "or the Secretary of State".
Standing Order 191, line 14, at end add "as amended by the Valuation and Rating (Scotland) Act, 1956".
§ —[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]