HC Deb 30 July 1958 vol 592 cc1326-7
The Chairman of Ways and Means

I beg to move,

That the Promoters of the Kent County Council Bill [Lords] shall have leave to suspend any further proceeding thereon in order to proceed with that Bill, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that the Agents for the Promoters of the Bill give notice to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office of their intention to suspend further proceeding not later than Five o'clock on the day before the close of the present Session and that all Fees due on the Bill up to that date be paid.

This is a similar Motion to the last one and would empower the Kent County Council to resume proceedings on their Bill in the next Session of Parliament at the stage which they have reached today.

When this Bill was introduced into the House of Lords it consisted of about 450 Clauses and its size has meant that the Committees of both Houses have taken longer to consider the Bill than is normal. Under these circumstances the House may feel that an exception might be made in this case from the general rule that the business of the House, whether public or private, should be contained within the framework of one Session, and that the Kent County Council should, therefore, be allowed to carry their Bill over to the next Session, in order to save them from further expense and delay.

I commend the Motion to the House.

Question put and agreed to.

Ordered,

That the Promoters of the Kent County Council Bill [Lords] shall have leave to suspend any further proceeding thereon in order to proceed with that Bill, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that the Agents for the Promoters of the Bill give notice to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office of their intention to suspend further proceeding not later than Five o'clock on the day before the close of the present Session and that all Fees due on the Bill up to that date be paid.

Ordered,

That if the Bill is brought from the Lords in the next Session, the Agent for the Bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office a declaration, signed by him, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill which was brought from the Lords in the present Session.

Ordered,

That as soon as a certificate by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office that such a declaration has been so deposited has been laid upon the Table of the House, the Bill shall be read the first and second time (and shall be recorded in the Journal of this House as having been so read) and shall be committed to the Chairman of Ways and Means, who shall make only such Amendments thereto as have been made by the Committee in the present Session, and shall report the Bill to the House forthwith, and the Bill as amended, shall be ordered to lie upon the Table.

Ordered,

That no further Fees shall be charged in respect of any proceeding on the Bill in respect of which Fees have already been incurred during the present Session.

Ordered,

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

To be communicated to the Lords.