§ VISCOUNT CROSSMy Lords. I wish to present two important Petitions: one signed by nearly 70 Shipowners of the Port of London, and the other by over 100 Shipowners of the Port of Liverpool, against so much of the Employers' Liability Bill as imposes fresh liabilities on shipowners in either of those Home Ports, and calling attention to the finding of the Committee of the House of Commons in 1886, which reported against such Acts. I move that those two Petitions be printed and circulated with the Votes.
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Moved—
That the Petitions presented this day from Shipowners of Liverpool and London, praying for amendment of or for further inquiry into the Bill before a Select Committee, be printed." —(The Viscount Cross.)
§ Motion agreed to.
§ LORD KNUTSFORDI wish to present a Petition from the workpeople employed by the Oldbury Alkali Company, Limited, stating that while they agree with the general provisions of the Bill they humbly beg that workpeople may be allowed to contract out of the Act, provided sanction be given by the Board of Trade or some other Government Department.