Lords Sitting of 2 March 1900

EARL OF DESART.
Report made from the Lord Chancellor, that the right of Hamilton John Agmondesham Cuffe, Earl of Desart, to vote at the elections of Representative Peers for Ireland has been established to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
The LORD CHANCELLORacquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:
South-Eastern Railway [H.L.].
Folkestone, Sandgate, and Hythe Tramroads [H.L.].
And also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with:
Muirkirk, Mauchline, and Dalmellington Railways (Abandonment) [H.L.].
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
  HAMMOND (G. H.) COMPANY RILL [H.L.]
  Presented; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
  SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL [H.L.]
  Committed for Tuesday next.

  SOUTH - EASTERN AND LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAYS BILL [H.L.]
  NEWPORT (MONMOUTHSHIRE) GAS BILL [H.L.].
  SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.].
  SHEFFIELD DISTRICT RAILWAY BILL [H.L.].
  WIRRALL RAILWAY BILL [H.L.].

  GREAT BERKHAMPSTEAD WATER BILL [H.L.]
  Committed; the Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
  SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY BILL [H.L.]
  Read 2a (according to Order).
  NATIONAL MARKETS AND STORES AND WORKSHOPS BILL [H.L.]
  The LORD CHANCELLORinformed the House that the promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. Order of the Day for the Second Reading discharged. Ordered that the Bill be not further proceeded with.

  BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY BILL [H.L.]
  DUBLIN, WICKLOW, AND WEXFORD RAILWAY BILL [H.L.].
  Read 2a (according to Order).

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

  ARMY (ESTIMATE).
  Approximate Estimate of Expenditure under the Barracks Act of 1890, and Military Works Acts of 1897 and 1899. Presented (by Command), and ordered to lie on the Table.
  House adjourned at half-past Four of the clock, to Monday next, a quarter before Eleven of the clock.