Lords Sitting of 8 May 1894

INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES ACT, 1893, AMENDMENT BILL. (No. 28.)

  SECOND READING.
  Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
  LORD MONKSWELL, in the absence of the noble Marquess in charge of the Bill, who was, unfortunately, unable to come down to the House, moved the Second Reading? He explained that the Bill was to put Industrial and Provident Societies in the Channel Islands on the same footing as similar Societies in the United Kingdom. The Bill had come up from the Commons.
  Moved, "That the Bill he now read 2a."—(The Lord Monkswell.)
  Motion agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.

  QUARTER SESSIONS BILL [H.L.] (No. 18.)
  Returned from the Commons with the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amendments made by the Commons, agreed to.
  CHARITABLE TRUSTS ACTS AMENDMENT BILL [H.L.]—(No. 12.)
  Reported from the Standing Committee without Amendment.
  LAND TRANSFER BILL [JELL.].—(NO. 19.)
  Reported from the Standing Committee with Amendments; Bill to be printed, as amended. (No. 52.)
  SOLICITORS' EXAMINATION BILL.
  Reported from the Standing Committee with Amendments; Bill to be printed, as amended. (No. 53.)
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 3) BILL. (No. 32.)
  Read 3a (according to Order), and passed.
  TRUSTEE ACT, 1893, AMENDMENT BILL.—(No. 38.)
  Read 3a (according to Order), with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
CANAL RATES, TOLLS, AND CHARGES
  PROVISIONAL ORDER BILLS.
  Message from the Commons, That they have come to the following Resolution, to which they desire the concurrence of this House—namely, "That all Bills of the present Session to confirm Provisional Orders made by the Board of Trade, under 'The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,' containing the classification of merchandise traffic and the schedule of maximum rates, tolls, and charges applicable thereto, be referred to a Joint Committee of Lords and Commons." The said Message to be taken into consideration on Thursday next.
  ELEMENTARY EDUCATION PROVISIONAL ORDERS CONFIRMATION BILL [H.L.]
  A Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Boards for Barry United District, Bristol, Brotherton, Hornsey, Low Leyton, Liverpool, Sutton (Surrey), West Ham, Willesden, and York to put in force the Lands Clauses Acts—Was presented by the Lord President (E. Rosebery;) read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners. (No. 54.)
  EDUCATION PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (LONDON') BILL [H.L.]
  A Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Education Department under the Elementary Education Act, 1870, to enable the School Board for London to put in force the Lands Clauses Acts—Was presented by the Lord President (E. Rosebery); read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners. (No. 55.)
  PRIVATE AND PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILLS.
  Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 92 and 93 be suspended; and that the time for depositing Petitions praying to be heard against Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills, which would otherwise expire during the adjournment of the House at Whitsuntide, be extended to the first day on which the House shall sit after the recess.
  MARKING OF FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PRODUCE.
  The Lord Meldrum (M. Huntly) added to the Select Committee.

  HIGH SHERIFFS.
  Moved, "That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into and report upon the fees and profits received by the High Sheriffs of counties or their deputies in the execution of

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  their office, and the mode in which the duties of the High Sheriff now ordinarily performed by deputy may best be carried out."—(The Earl of Camperdowm); agreed to.
  The Lords following were named of the Committee:

  E. Stanhope.

  E. Belmore.

  E. Camperdown.

  L. Belper.

  L. Leconfield.

  L. Coleridge.

  L. Monk Bretton.

  The Committee to appoint their own Chairman.

  PRIZE COURTS BILL [H.L.]
  A. Bill to make further provision for the establishment of Prize Courts; and for other purposes connected therewith—Was presented by the Lord Chancellor; read 1a; and to be printed. (No. 56.)

  FISHERY HOARD (SCOTLAND) EXTENSION OF POWERS BILL.
  Brought from the Commons; Read 1a; and to be printed. (No. 57.)
  House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Six o'clock, to Thursday next, a quarter past Ten o'clock.