Lords Sitting of 26 April 1901

EARLDOM OF NORFOLK.
Petition of Charles Botolph Joseph, Lord Mowbray, Lord Seagrave, and Baron and Lord Stourton of Stourton, in the county of Wilts, praying that the petition of Henry Duke of Norfolk, presented to this House on the 25th day of February last, be not considered until after he has lodged a printed case disclosing the grounds upon which he claims to be heard in opposition to the Petitioner, and the evidences by which he proposes to substantiate his claim to be Earl of Norfolk under the alleged creation of 1664, and by which he proposes to show that any connection exists between the Earldom of Norfolk, created in 1312 in favour of Thomas Brotherton and his heirs, and the Earldom alleged to have been created in
1644 in favour of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and his heirs male; read, and referred to the Committee of Privileges.

The Marquess of Breadalbane took the Oath.

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 further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with—
Neath Harbour.
Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Railway.
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 Barry Railway Bill ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed.
That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the petition for a Bill by James Godman Rodgers ought to be dispensed with, and leave given to introduce the Bill.
That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the petition for additional Provision in the South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill [H.L.] ought to be dispensed with, and leave given to the Committee on the Bill to insert the additional Provision.
Read, and agreed to.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE BILL [H.L.]
  NITRATE RAILWAYS COMPANY BILL [H.L.]

    ALBION STEAM COAL COMPANY BILL [H.L.]
    OTLEY GAS BILL [H.L.].
    BETHLEM HOSPITAL BILL [H.L.].
    BRIDEWELL HOSPITAL BILL [H.L.]
    CHESTER GAS BILL [H.L.].
    Reported with Amendments.

WARKWORTH HARBOUR BILL [H.L.]
Report from the Select Committee, That it is not expedient to proceed further with the Bill; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
SOUTH EASTERN AND LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAYS BILL [H.L.]
Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table. The orders made on the 12th and 28th of March last discharged; and Bill committed for Monday next.
BOURNEMOUTH CORPORATION BILL [H.L.]
Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
SOUTH ESSEX WATER BILL [H.L.]
  CARDIFF RAILWAY BILL [H.L.]

    TYNESIDE TRAMWAYS AND TRAMROADS BILL [H.L.]
    BIRMINGHAM (CITY) TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.].
    WIGAN CORPORATION TRAMWAYS. ETC. BILL [H.L.].
    SOUTH LANCASHIRE TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.].
    WATFORD AND DISTRICT TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.].
    WORCESTER TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.]
    GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY BILL [H.L.].
    Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills, viz.:—

    L. Ribblesdale (chairman),

    L. Abinger,

    L. Carew,

    L. De Mauley,

    L. Ludlow;

    agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly: The Committee to meet on Wednesday next at Eleven of the clock; and all petitions referred to the Committee, with leave to the petitioners praying to be heard by counsel against the Bills to be heard as desired, as also counsel for the Bills.

LEATHERHEAD GAS BILL.
  PETERSFIELD AND SELSEY GAS BILL.
  Brought from the Commons; read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.
EDUCATION BOARD PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (ACTON) BILL [H.L.]
Referred to the Examiners.
RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.

  EDUCATION (SCOTLAND).
  The Proceedings of yesterday relating to the presentation (by Command) of the following Papers, viz.:—

  1. Code of Regulations for Continuation Classes providing further instruction for those who have left school;

  2. Memorandum on the Code of Regulations for Continuation Classes:

  Ordered to be vacated.

PRISONS (SCOTLAND).
Twenty-third Animal Report of the Prison Commissioners for Scotland, being the Sixty-second Annual Report on Prisons in Scotland.

TRADE REPORTS (ANNUAL SERIES).
No. 2577. Netherlands (Amsterdam);
No. 2578. Russia (Poland and Lithuania);
No. 2579. Finances of the Netherlands for the year 1900–1901;
No. 2580. Brazil (Pará);
No. 2581. United States (New York and District);
No. 2582. France (Calais and District).

BOARD OF EDUCATION.
I. General Reports for the year 1900—

1. Eastern Division, by W. E. Currey, Esquire, Chief Inspector;

2. North Central Division, by J. C Fitzmaurice, Esquire, Chief Inspector

3. North-Eastern Division, by W. P. Turnbull, Esquire, Chief Inspector;

4. South-Western Division, by J. A. Willis, Esquire, Chief Inspector;

II. Training Colleges, Reports for the year 1900, by—

1. A. Rankine, Esquire, on the Training Colleges for Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses;

2. The Honourable Mrs. Colborne, on needlework in the training colleges for schoolmistresses;

3. Sir John Stainer, on music in the training colleges for schoolmasters and schoolmistresses.

III. Statistics of public elementary day schools, evening continuation schools, and certified efficient schools: for the year ended 31st August.
1900.

ARMY.
I. (Medical Department.) Report for the year 1899. Volume XLI.
II. Report, by Lieut.-General Sir H. E. Colvile, K.C.M.G., C.B., on the operations of the Ninth Division at Paardeberg.

EDUCATION (SCOTLAND).
I. Code of Regulations for Continuation Classes providing further instruction for those who have left school;
II. Memorandum on the Code of Regulations for Continuation Classes;
III. Return showing the expenditure from the grant for public education in Scotland in the year 1900 upon annual grants to State-aided schools; the number of schools; and the results of inspection and examination during the year ended 30th September, 1900.
Presented (by command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1883 (PROCEEDINGS).
Account showing the receipts and expenditure on account of bankruptcy proceedings during the year ended 31st March, 1901.
COMPANIES WINDING-UP ACT, 1890.
Account showing receipts and expenditure on account of proceedings under the Companies Winding-up Act, 1890, during the year ended 31st March, 1901.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND CHARGES ACT, 1891.
Treasury minute, dated 22nd April, 1901, under the Public Accounts and Charges Act, 1891, directing that the fees and other cash receipts which have hitherto been paid into the Exchequer as extra receipts in connection with the Vote for the Secretary for Scotland's Office, shall, as from the 1st April, 1901, be treated as appropriations in aid of the money provided by Parliament under that Vote.
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
Standing Order No. XXXIX. considered (according to order), and suspended for this day's sitting.

WORKHOUSE INFIRMARIES AND FEVER HOSPITALS (IRELAND).
LORD MONTEAGLE OF BRANDON: My Lords, I beg to ask His Majesty's
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Government whether any non-clinical hospitals in Ireland have been recognised by the Local Government Board for Ireland as competent to train probationer nurses in accordance with the terms of their Circular of the 12th January, 1899, and, if so, which? And whether any workhouse hospitals in Ireland not so recognised fulfil the necessary conditions as laid down in that Circular as regards the number of beds and the medical and nursing staff, and, if so, which? I also beg to move the motion standing in my name.
Moved, for a Return showing for each union in Ireland:—

1. The number of beds in workhouse infirmary and fever hospital.

2. The number of patients on 1st January last, or other given day.

3. The number of "trained nurses" as defined by the circular letter of the Local Government for Ireland, No. 4 M./99, Miscellaneous, of 12th January, 1899.

4. The number of nurses other than those "trained" as defined above.

5. The number of paid attendants employed in accordance with the provisions of the Nursing Order, No. 78 M./97, of the 11th September,
1897.

6. The number of pauper inmates employed under Article II. of the last named Order.—(Lord Monteagle of Brandon.)

THE EARL OF DENBIGH: The Government are prepared to grant this Return, but in order to make it more complete they would suggest that particulars as to the emoluments of trained and untrained nurses should also be given. It is to be observed that no "paid attendants," as distinguished from nurses, have been employed under the Nursing Order of 1897, as the Order does not provide for the employment of attendants. The number of "paid attendants" in workhouses can, however, be given, and if this is what the noble Lord desires, the information will be supplied, and an explanatory footnote added to the Return. The Belfast Union Workhouse Infirmary, including the fever hospital, has been recognised by the Local Government Board as an hospital where probationer nurses can

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be trained in accordance with the terms of their Circular of the 12th January, 1899. Negotiations are in progress for establishing training schools for nurses in Cork, Limerick, and Galway, and it is hoped that such projects may be carried out. As regards the last paragraph of the question, with the exception of the Dublin workhouses no others possess the necessary requirements for imparting a full course of training, but other workhouses are putting forth schemes for giving a less complete course of training, and the nurses so trained Tinder schemes approved by the Local Government Board would be recognised as competent to undertake nursing duties in poor law infirmaries or hospitals, though they would not be regarded as fully trained for the purposes of Section 58 (2) (a) (ii) of the Local Government Act, 1898. Such a scheme has already been approved of at Clonmel Union Infirmary.
LORD MONTEAGLE OF BRANDONI beg to add to my motion, as suggested by the noble Lord, a request for particulars as to the emoluments of trained and untrained nurses.
Motion, as amended, agreed to.
Ordered to be laid before the House Return showing for each union in Ireland:—

1. The number of beds in workhouse infirmary and fever hospital.

2. The number of patients on 1st January last, or other given day.

3. The number and emoluments of "trained nurses" as defined by the circular letter of the Local Government for Ireland, No. 4 M./99, Miscellaneous, of 12th January, 1899.

4. The number and emoluments of nurses other than those "trained" as defined above.

5. The number of paid attendants with their emolument employed in accordance with the provisions of the Nursing Order, No. 78 M./97, of the
11th September, 1897.

6. The number of pauper inmates employed under Article II. of the last named Order.

ARMY (ANNUAL) BILL.
Brought from the Commons; Read 1a; Then (Standing Order No. XXXIX. having been suspended) Bill read 2a (The Lord Raglan); Committee negatived; Bill read 3a, and passed.
House adjourned at a quarter before Five of the clock to Monday next at quarter before Eleven of the clock.