Lords Sitting of 21 April 1902

BARON DUFFERIN AND CLANDEBOYE.
Report made from the Lord Chancellor, That the right of Terence John Temple, Baron Dufferin and Clandeboye, 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 SPEAKER The Lord SPEAKER 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:—

Barking Gas.

Omagh Urban District Gas.

Grand Junction Water.

Midland Railway.

Ticehurst Water.

Also the Certificate that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:—
London County Council (Money).
Also the Certificate that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not yet been complied with:—
Islington and Euston Railway [H.L.]
(Petition for additional Provision).
The same were ordered to lie upon the Table.

WEARDALE AND SHELDON DISTRICT WATER BILL [H.L.]
  (PETITION FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISION),

    LONDON UNITED TRAMWAYS BILL, ISLINGTON AND EUSTON RAILWAY BILL [H.L.]
    (PETITION FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISION),
    Examiner's Certificates of non-compliance with the Standing Orders referred to the Standing Orders Committee on Friday next.

  BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL [H.L.],
    RICKMANSWORTH CAS BILL [H.L.]
    A witness ordered to attend the Select Committee.
  WEST HAMPSHIRE WATER BILL [H.L.]
  Reported, with Amendments.
  GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (No 2.) BILL [H.L.]
  The Chairman of Committees informed the House that the Opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The order made on the 24th of February last discharged, and Bill committed.
  EXETER AND DISTRICT TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.]
  SOUTH SHIELDS, SUNDERLAND. AND DISTRICT TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
    MEXBOROUGH AND SWINTON TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
    Committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
    MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL TRAMWAYS BILL.
    Read 2a, and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
    NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE ELECTRIC SUPPLY BILL.
    Read 2a, and committed.
    RHONDDA URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
      RUSTHALL MANOR BILL [H.L.]
      Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
      LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1.) BILL.
      Brought from the Commons.
      HAMILTON GAS PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATIONAL BILL [H.L.]
      Returned from the Commons agreed to.
      LANCASHIRE COUNTY (LUNATIC ASYLUMS) BILL [H.L.]
      The LORD STANMORE,Chairman of the Select Committee, reported that the Lord Monteagle of Brandon was not present this day, and that the Committee continued sitting in his absence, all parties having consented thereto; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  ABERTILLERY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL [H.L.],
    BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL [H.L.],

      BRADFORD-ON AVON GAS BILL [H.L.],
      RHYMNEY RAILWAY BILL [H.L.],
      CONSETT WATER BILL [H L.],
      WEARDALE AND SHILDON DISTRICT WATER BILL [H.L.],
      MARGATE CORPORATION WATER BILL [H.L.],
      SOUTH-EASTERN AND LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAYS BILL [H.L.],
      WIGAN CORPORATION BILL [H.L.].
      Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Earl of Strafford be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Massy; read and agreed to.

  BRISTOL WATER BILL [H.L.],
    LONGWOOD GAS BILL [H.L.],

      RICKMANSWORTH GAS BILL [H.L.],
      NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
      BUXTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL [H.L.],
      NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
      TYNESIDE TRAMWAYS AND TRAM-ROADS BILL [H.L.],
      NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORPORATION TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.].
      Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Massy be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of Lord Monteagle of Brandon; read, and agreed to.

  RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
    FISHERIES (SCOTLAND).
    The Twentieth Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, being for the year 1901. Part II. Salmon Fisheries.
    MISCELLANEOUS, No. 5. (1902).
    Correspondence relating to the Brussels Sugar Bounty Conference.
    COLONIES.
    Correspondence relating to the Sugar Conference at Brussels, 1901–1902.
    Statistics of the Refugee Camps in South Africa.
    ARMY.
    Approximate estimate of expenditure under the Barracks Act of 1890, and Military Works Acts of 1897, 1899, and 1901.

    AGRARIAN OUTRAGES (IRELAND).
    Return for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1902.
    Presented (by command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

    SUPERANNUATION ACT, 1884.
    Treasury Minute, dated 15th April, 1902, declaring that Thomas Judd, artificer, War Department, was appointed without a civil service certificate through inadvertence on the part of the head of his Department: Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  STANDING ORDERS.
  Standing Order No. LXXXVII. amended by leaving out the following words, viz.—
  1. No original of any record or public document in the custody of the Master of the Rolls shall be required to be produced before the Committee of Privileges or any other Committee of this House without a written order for such production, signed by the Lord Chancellor or the Chairman of such Committee. Such records and documents shall be proved by certified copies as provided by the Public Record Act, 1838, 1st and 2nd Victoria, chap. 94.
  And inserting in lieu thereof—
  1. No original of any record or document in public custody in the United Kingdom shall be required to be produced before the Committee for Privileges without a written order for such production, signed by the Lord Chancellor or the Chairman of Committees. Such records and

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  documents shall be proved by copies as in ordinary legal proceedings pursuant to the Public Record Act, 1838, and the Documentary Evidence Acts subsequently passed.
  And to be printed as amended. (No. 44.)

  ARMY (ANNUAL) BILL.
  Read 3a (according to order), and passed.

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 1.) BILL.
  Read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners. (No. 45.)
  House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Five o'clock, till Tomorrow, half-past Ten o'clock.