§ 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 be made.
§ SCHEDULE
§ Standing Order 1, line 30, leave out "by whom" and insert "who deals with".
§ Line 31, leave out "is dealt with".
§ Line 32, leave out "means lessee or" and insert "includes a".
§ Line 33, leave out "includes".
§ Line 68, leave out "steam, electrical and".
§ Line 68, leave out "other".
§ Line 77, leave out "means owner or" and insert "includes a".
§ Line 120, leave out "part of this".
§ Standing Order 4, line 3, leave out from "published" to "a" in line 4 and insert "as provided in Standing Order 10 (Publication of notice in newspapers) and shall contain".
§ Line 25, leave out "thereof".
§ Line 32, leave out "situate".
§ Line 50, leave out "situate".
§ Line 55, leave out "situate".
§ Standing Order 32, line 17, leave out from "the" to "day" in line 18 and insert "seventeenth".
§ Standing Order 33, line 17, leave out from first "the" to end of line and insert "seventeenth".
§ Standing Order 38, line 1, leave out from beginning to "printed" in line 2.
§ Line 2, leave out "the bill" and insert "every bill for which a petition has been presented".
§ Standing Order 39, leave out lines 21 to 29, and insert—
§ "(a) Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Ghana, the Federation of Malaya, or any territory administered under the authority of the government of any of those countries; or
§ (b) the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; or".
1290§ Standing Order 41, line 11, leave out from first "the" to "day" in line 12 and insert "first".
§ Standing Order 42, line 12, leave out from "the" to "day" in line 13 and insert "first".
§ Standing Order 43, line 11, leave out from "the" to "day" in line 12 and insert "first".
§ Standing Order 44, line 17, leave out from "the" to "day" in line 18 and insert "eighth".
§ Standing Order 46, line 3, leave out from "relates" to "copies" in line 4.
§ Standing Order 50, line 6, leave out "not" and insert "except a curve having a radius".
§ Standing Order 55, line 22, after "datum", insert "and whether the ordnance datum is that of Newlyn or Liverpool".
§ Standing Order 62, line 29, leave out "the use of the same" and insert "its use".
§ Line 41, leave out "such advertisement as aforesaid" and insert "the notice".
§ Line 44, leave out "such" and insert "the".
§ Line 44, leave out "said".
§ Line 66, after "meeting", insert "and".
§ Standing Order 65, line 44, leave out "the use of the same" and insert "its use".
§ Line 54, leave out "Such" and insert "The".
§ Line 56, leave out "such advertisement as aforesaid" and insert "the notice".
§ Line 59, leave out "such" and insert "the".
§ Line 81, after "meeting", insert "and".
§ Standing Order 67, line 19, leave out "such" and insert "the".
§ Standing Order 72, line 8, leave out "the same" and insert "it".
§ Standing Order 75, line 10, leave out "such" and insert "the".
§ Line 11, leave out "thereto".
§ Line 17, leave out "such" and insert "the".
§ Line 20, leave out "the same" and insert "it".
§ Line 30, leave out "the Private Bill" and insert "that".
§ Standing Order 76, line 1, leave out "In case".
§ Line 3, after "partnership", insert "who".
§ Line 3, after "or", insert "by".
§ Line 11, leave out "the proprietor or member".
§ Standing Order 89, line 3, after "Means", insert "(who, when present, shall be ex officio chairman of the court)".
§ Standing Order 93, line 9, leave out "in case".
§ Line 11, after "partnership", insert "who".
§ Line 11, after "or", insert "by".
§ Line 17, leave out "such proprietor or member".
1291§ Standing Order 111, line 22, after "bills)", insert "or Standing Order 235 (Petitions in favour of or against draft provisional order)".
§ Standing Order 124, line 13, leave out "in case" and insert "if".
§ Standing Order 128, line 7, leave out "said".
§ Line 9, leave out "the committee" and insert "they".
§ Line 10, leave out from beginning to "a" and insert "they shall be provided with".
§ Standing Order 190, line 1, leave out "so" aid insert "as".
§ Standing Order 212, line 5, leave out from "which" to end of line 7 and insert "becomes provisional at a time after it was made".
§ Standing Order 214, line 28, leave out "notwithstanding that" and insert "although".
§ Standing Order 232, line 8, leave out "seventh" and insert "fourteenth".
§ Standing Order 235, line 7, leave out "deposited" and insert "presented".
§ In accordance with the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Private Bill Procedure, the Officers of the two Houses have been engaged on a revision of the Private Bill Standing Orders. The Amendments on the Order Paper arise out of this revision; they are designed to improve the drafting and the clarity of the existing Standing Orders and to bring them up to date on some purely technical matters.
§ Question put and agreed to.
| RETAIL PRICES (DECEMBER, 1951=100) | ||||||
| Food | Percentage change | Fuel and light | Percentage change | Food and Fuel and light | Percentage change | |
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | ||||
| December, 1951 | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — | 100.0 | — |
| December, 1952 | 113.1 | +13.1 | 109.1 | +9.1 | 112.5 | +12.5 |
| December, 1953 | 113.5 | +0.3 | 115.3 | +5.7 | 113.8 | +1.1 |
| December, 1954 | 122.3 | +7.8 | 119.4 | +3.6 | 121.9 | +7.1 |
| December, 1955 | 131.5 | +7.5 | 133.0 | +11.4 | 131.8 | +8.1 |
| December, 1956 | 132.7 | +0.9 | 141.0 | +6.0 | 133.9 | +1.6 |
| December, 1957 | 137.5 | +3.6 | 153.9 | +9.1 | 139.7 | +4.3 |
| (135.9) | (145.4) | (137.2) | ||||
| September, 1958* | 137.0 | +0.8 | 147.5 | +1.5 | 138.4 | +0.9 |
| * September, 1958, and percentage change over September, 1957. | ||||||
| Figures in brackets are September, 1957. |