Lords Sitting of 8 April 1886

MINUTES.
PUBLIC BILLS—First Reading—Poor Relief (Ireland)* (66); Bankruptcy (Office Accommodation) Act (1885) Amendment* (67).
Second Reading—Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) (47); Prison Officers' Superannuation (61).
Third Reading—Compensation for Damages (50–68), and passed.

LUNACY (VACATING OF SEATS) BILL.
(The Lord Balfour of Burleigh.)
LUNACY (VACATING OF SEATS) BILL.

  (NO. 47.) SECOND READING.
  Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
  LORD BALFOUR, in moving that the Bill be read the second time, said, it applied to any Member of the House of Commons who might be afflicted with lunacy. At present there was no provision in the law by which, in such a case, the seat could be vacated, and the consequence was that the constituency was deprived of the services of their Member in the House of Commons. The object of the Bill was to enable the House of Commons, after certain inquiries, to vacate the seat of a Member who had become so afflicted. Under the Bill the Speaker would cause inquiries to be made and Reports presented to the House, and the House would take the course which the Speaker would recommend. He might add that the House of Commons had passed the Bill unanimously.
  Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a." (The Lord Balfour of Burleigh.)
  Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.

PRISON OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION BILL.—(No. 61.)
(The Lord Thurlow.)
PRISON OFFICERS' SUPERANNUATION BILL.—(No. 61.)

  SECOND READING.
  Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
  THE PAYMASTER GENERAL (Lord THURLOW), in moving that the Bill be now read a second time, said, that its object was to remove doubts which existed in reference to this subject. The Bill had passed through the House of Commons, and there was no objection to it.
  Moved, "That the Bill be now read 2a."—(The Lord Thurlow.)
  Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.

COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES BILL.
(The Lord Thurlow.)
COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES BILL.

  (NO. 50.) THIRD READING.
  Order of the Day for the Third Reading read.
  Moved, "That the Bill be now read 3a."—(The Lord Thurlow.)
  Motion agreed to.
  On Question, That the Bill do pass?
  THE PAYMASTER GENERAL (Lord THURLOW), in moving Amendments extending the operation of the Bill to the City, said, that as the City had in the first instance offered to contribute to the fund out of which this compensation would be paid, it would be ungenerous not to make the Bill apply to the City.
  Amendments moved,
  In Preamble, page 1, line 2, insert ("and in the City of London"); and Clause 2, page 1, line 15, insert ("or in the City of London.")—(The Lord Thurlow.)
  Amendments agreed to.; Bill passed and sent to the Commons, and to be printed as amended. (No. 68.)
  House adjourned at a quarter before Five o'clock, till To-morrow, a quarter past Ten o'clock.