Lords Sitting of 23 March 1897

PRIVATE AND PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILLS.
Ordered,—
That no Private Bill brought front the House of Commons shall be read a Second time later than the third day on which the House shall sit after the recess at Whitsuntide.
That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought front the House of Confirmation Bill brought from the House of Com-be read a First time later than the third day on which the House shall sit after the recess at Easter.
That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a Second time later than the third day on which the House shall sit after the recess at Whitsuntide.
That when a Bill shall have passed this House with Amendments, these Orders shall not apply to any new Bill sent up from the House of Commons which the Chairman of Committees shall report to the House is substantially the same as the Bill so amended.
That this House will not receive any petition for a Private Bill later than the 6th day of April next, unless such Private Bill shall have been approved by the High Court of Justice; nor any petition for a Private Bill approved by the High Court of Justice later than the third day on which, the House shall sit after the recess at Easter.
That this House will not receive any Report from Judges upon petitions presented to this House for Private Bills later than the third day on which the House shall sit after the recess at Easter.
Ordered, That the said Orders be printed and published, and affixed on the doors of this House and Westminster Hall.—[No. 35.]
House Adjourned at Twenty-five Minutes before Five o'Clock, to Thursday next, a Quarter past Ten o'Clock.