HL Deb 14 July 1898 vol 61 cc886-7

Amendment proposed— Page 1, line 5, leave out '1897' and insert '1898.'"—(Lord Harris.)

LORD HARRIS

This Amendment, my Lords, merely corrects an error.

EARL BEAUCHAMP

Perhaps it would be convenient, my Lords, if I say at once that I have no objection to any of the Amendments which have been put down by the noble Lord (Lord Harris).

Question put.

Amendment agreed to.

Question put— That clause 1, as amended, stand part of the Bill.

Motion agreed to.

Question put— That clause 2 stand part of the Bill.

Motion agreed to.

Amendment proposed— After clause 2, insert as a new clause—

  1. "(1) No expense in relation to the promotion of a Bill in Parliament shall be charged under the Borough Funds Act, 1872, unless the requirements of this section have been complied with.
  2. "(2) Where the council of a borough or urban district have resolved to promote a Bill in Parliament and the Bill has been deposited, notice shall be advertised in some local newspaper circulating in the borough or district on one day in two successive weeks stating—(a) the title of the Bill; and (b) that the Bill has been deposited, and the date on which it was deposited; and (c) that copies of the Bill may be inspected at a place within the borough or district specified in the notice between the hours of ten in the forenoon and five in the afternoon on every week day for twenty-one days after the date of the first advertisement, and that extracts may be taken free of charge; and (d) that the mayor or chairman may at any time within twenty-one days after the first advertisement of the notice be required by such number of the electors as is in this Act mentioned to take the opinion of the electors by poll as to the expediency of proceeding with the Bill or any part thereof.
  3. "(3) The first advertisement must be made within seven days from the deposit of the Bill."—(Lord Harris.)

LORD HARRIS

The object of this clause is obvious—namely, to secure publicity of the intention of promoting a Bill in Parliament in a way that will make it certain that the persons interested will get notice that the Bill is being promoted.

Question put.

New clause agreed to.

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