Lords Sitting of 28 June 1898

Preamble
THE LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at a Quarter past Four of the clock.
PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with—
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 6).
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 11).
    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 12).
    Also the Certificates that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bills—
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 13).
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (POOR LAW).
  Also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with—
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS).
And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with—
LONDON UNITED TRAMWAYS. AND LEYTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
Report from: That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the following Bills—
CLACTON-ON-SEA GAS AND WATER,

  MALDON WATER,
  ought to be dispensed with and the Bills allowed to proceed.
  Read, and agreed to.

LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL.
Examiner's Certificate of non-compliance with the Standing Orders referred to the Standing Orders Committee on Thursday next.
SHERINGHAM AND BEESTON PROTECTION BILL. [H.L.]
Commons' Amendments considered, and agreed to.
SAINT MARYLEBONE CHURCHES BILL. [H.L.]
Committee to meet on Thursday next.
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY AND MIDLAND AND GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAYS JOINT COMMITTEE BILL.
Committee to meet on Thursday next.
GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY (PENSIONS) BILL.
Committee to meet on Thursday next.
CRANBROOK DISTRICT WATER BILL.
Committee to meet on Thursday next.
ST. DAVID'S RAILWAY BILL.
Committee to meet on Thursday next.
NORWICH ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS BILL.
Committee to meet on Friday next.
DROGHEDA GAS BILL.
Committee to meet on Monday next.
WISHAW WATER BILL.
Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments.
NORWICH CITY WATER BILL.
Reported without Amendment.
CHARING CROSS, EUSTON AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY BILL.
The Queen's Consent signified; and Bill reported with Amendments.
MUMBLES RAILWAY AND PIER BILL.
Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
Orders made on the 8th of March and Thursday last discharged; and Bill committed for Thursday next.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 7) BILL. [H.L.]
Reported from the Select Committee without Amendment, and committed to a Committee of the whole House on Thursday next.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 8) BILL. [H.L.]
Orders made on the 20th instant and Thursday last discharged; and Bill committed to a Committee of the whole House on Thursday next.
BILLS ADVANCED.
  BLACKBURN CORPORATION (TRAMWAYS, ETC.) BILL.
  Read the second time.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL BILL.
Read the second time.
WINDSOR DOCK, CARDIFF, BILL.
Read the second time.
HIGHAM AND HUNDRED OF HOO WATER BILL.
Read the second time.
BOLTON, TURTON AND WESTHOUGHTON EXTENSION BILL.
Read the second time.
LIVERPOOL CORPORATION BILL.
Read the second time.
SHEFFIELD CORPORATION BILL.
Read the second time.
MID-KENT WATER BILL.
Read the second time.
WEY VALLEY WATER BILL.
Read the second time.
MALDON WATER BILL.
Read the second time.
BURNLEY CORPORATION (TRAMWAYS, ETC.) BILL.
Read the second time, and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
EASTON AND CHURCH HOPE RAILWAY (EXTENSION OF TIME) BILL.
Read the second time, and committed.
CROMER GAS BILL.
Read the second time, and committed.
GLASGOW CORPORATION (SEWAGE, ETC.) BILL.
Read the second time, and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
CLACTON-ON-SEA GAS AND WATER BILL.
Read the second time, and committed.
LEYTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL.
Read the second time.
LONDON UNITED TRAMWAYS BILL.
Read the second time.
HEYWOOD CORPORATION WATER BILL. [H.L.]
Read the third time, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
NEWCASTLE AND GATESHEAD WATER BILL. [H.L.]
Read the third time, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
EAST INDIA LOAN BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
UNION OF BENEFICES BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
GLOUCESTER GAS BILL.
Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
ILKESTON CORPORATION BILL.
Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
NOTTINGHAM CORPORATION BILL.
Returned from the Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
MARKET HARBOROUGH GAS BILL. [H.L.]
Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments. The said Amendments considered, and agreed to.
ALLOTMENTS (LONDON) BILL. [H.L.]
To be read the second time on Tuesday next. (The Earl Carrington.)
TRAMWAYS ORDER IN COUNCIL (IRELAND) (LONDONDERRY AND LOUGH SWILLY RAILWAY) BILL.
To be read the second time on Thursday next. (The Earl of Denbigh.)
EAST INDIA LOAN BILL.
Read the first time; to be printed; and to be read the second times on Thursday next (The Earl of Onslow); and Standing Order No. XXXIX. to be considered in order to its being dispensed with. [No. 130.]
UNION OF BENEFICES BILL.
Read the first time, and to be printed. [No. 131.]
ALIENS BILL. [H.L.]
Reported from the Standing Committee with further Amendments. The Report of the Amendment made in Committee of the Whole House and by the Standing Committee to be received on Thursday next; and Bill to be printed as amended. [No. 132.]
SEA FISHERIES BILL. [H.L.]
Reported from the Standing Committee with further Amendments. The Report of the Amendments made in Committee of the Whole House to be received on Thursday next.
METROPOLIS MANAGEMENT ACTS AMENDMENT (BY-LAWS) BILL. [H.L.]
Reported from the Standing Committee with Amendments. The Report thereof to be received on Thursday next; and Bill to be printed as amended. [No. 133.]
POISONS BILL. [H.L.]
Reported from the Standing Committee without Amendment, and to be read the third time on Friday next.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (LONDON) BILL. [H.L.]
House in Committee (according to order); the Amendment proposed by the Select Committee made; further Amendments made; Standing Committee negatived. The Report of Amendments to be received on Thursday next.
COMMONS REGULATION (RUNCORN) PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
Order of the Day for the Second Reading read, and discharged.
LAND DRAINAGE PROVISIONAL ORDER (HACCONBY FEN) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order); and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 4) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order); and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 6) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order).
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 8) BILL>
Read the second time (according to order); and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 13) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order).
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (POOR LAW) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order).
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (GAS) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order); and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (HOUSING OF WORKING CLASSES) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.
METROPOLITAN POLICE PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
Read the second time (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
MILITARY LANDS PROVISIONAL ORDERS BILL.
Read the second time (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 3) BILL.
House in Committee (according to order): Amendments made: Standing Committee negatived; The Report of Amendments to be received on Thursday next.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (IRELAND) PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 4) BILL.
Read the third time (according to order), and passed.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 5) BILL. [H.L.]
Read the third time (according to order), and passed, and sent to the Commons.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 11) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order).
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 12) BILL.
Read the second time (according to order).

EX-OFFICIO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Order for Second Reading read.
*LORD BALFOUR: I rise to move the Second Reading of this Bill. The object of the Bill is to relieve chairmen of parish and county councils in Scotland who are ex-officio justices of the peace from the necessity of taking the oath on each occasion of re-election to office. The Bill provides that, in the event of one tenure of office immediately succeeding the other, the necessity for taking the oath a second time shall not be enforced. In the event of a period of time elapsing between one tenure of office and another the Bill does not make any change in the present practice. Exactly the same privilege which this Bill seeks to confer upon holders of these offices in Scotland has been conferred by an Act passed last year upon holders of similar offices in England. Under these circumstances, I do not suppose that there will be any opposition to this Bill, which was passed in another place without opposition.
Read a second time.

POOR LAW (SCOTLAND) BILL.
Second Reading (which stands appointed for this day) put off to Tuesday next.
LUNACY BILL. [H.L.]
Read the third time (according to order); Amendments made; Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
POST OFFICE ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
Read the third time (according to order), with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
  The High Grade Board Schools Return, 1897:

TRADE REPORTS, 1898.
I.—Annual Series: Diplomatic and Consular Reports on Trade and Finance:
No. 2136. Nicaragua;
No. 2137. Belgium (Antwerp);
No. 2138. Germany (Foreign trade").
II.—Miscellaneous Series: Reports on Subjects of General and Commercial Interest:
No. 467. Trade and industries of Great Britain in their relation to those of foreign countries.
Presented [by command], and ordered to lie on the Table.

ELECTRIC LIGHTING ACTS (1882 TO 1890) (PROCEEDINGS).
Report by the Board of Trade respecting applications to and proceedings of the Board made under the Acts during the past year.

PUBLIC RECORDS (DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL).
I.—Schedule containing a list and particulars of classes of documents which have been removed from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, and deposited in the Public Record Office, but which are not considered of sufficient public value to justify their preservation therein;
II.—Second Schedule, containing a list and particulars of classes of documents in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General which are not considered of sufficient public value to justify their preservation in the Public Record Office:
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

PETITION.

  INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
  Against the sale of, on Sundays: Of Inhabitants of Bradford; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  House adourned at 4.40.