§ MOTION FOR A RETURN.
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Moved, That there be laid before the House—
Return of the several Acts of Parliament empowering the Home Office, the Privy Council, the Board of Trade, the Local Government Board, the Lord Lieutenant in Council, or other public departments, to grant provisional orders, certificates, provisional certificates, or schemes, which require to be sanctioned by Act of Parliament, or to be otherwise confirmed by Parliament; stating, in the case of each Act, whether it applies to
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England, Scotland, Ireland, or the United Kingdom, the official designation of the commissioners or other officers upon whose report or inquiry the provisional order, &c. is granted by the department, whether any inquiry is held in the locality affected by the provisional order, &c., or where, and whether such inquiry is conducted in public meeting, in open court, or how otherwise."—(The Lord Monk Bretton.)
§ THE PAYMASTER GENERAL (Earl BROWNLOW)said, that some Returns upon this subject were promised last year, and were nearly ready, and if they should be considered sufficient they would save much labour and time.
§ LORD MONK BRETTONsaid, he would prefer to have a Return in the shape mentioned on the Paper, and which could be easily prepared. His object was to obtain a Return in a short and simple form.
§ EARL BROWNLOWsaid, that if a Return in a short and simple form would be considered sufficient, there would be no objection to making such a Return.
Motion agreed to.
Return ordered to be laid before the House.
House adjourned at a quarter past Six o'clock, to Thursday next a quarter past Ten o'clock,