Lords Sitting of 25 April 1902

BARON FFRENCH.
Ordered, That the Report of the Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom, made to the House of Lords on the 21st day of March last, that the right of the Baron Ffrench to vote at the elections of Representative Peers for Ireland has been established to his satisfaction, be sent to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, together with a certificate stating that such Report has been made and that the House has ordered it to be sent to the said Clerk of the Crown in Ireland.
PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

  STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
  Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the petitions for additional provision in the following Bills—
  Weardale and Shildon District Water [H.L.],
  Islington and Euston Railway [H.L.],
  ought to be dispensed with and leave given to the Committees on the Bills to insert the additional provisions;
  That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the London United Tramways Bill
  ought to be dispensed with, provided the powers to construct Tramways Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 8 be struck out of the Bill.
  Read, and agreed to.

  TIVERTON MARKET BILL [H.L.],
  Reported, with Amendments.
LONGWOOD GAS BILL [H.L.],
  ABERTILLERY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL [H.L.],
  Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.

  NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS 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Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the
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  Table. The Orders made on 4th of March and 20th of March discharged, and Bill committed.

  MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL ELECTRIC EXPRESS RAILWAY BILL.
  Read 2a, and committed.
  WEST HAM GAS BILL.
  Read 2a, and committed; the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
SWINDON UNITED GAS BILL [H.L.],
  WEST HAMPSHIRE WATER BILL [H.L.],
  Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
  FINEDON URBAN DISTRICT WATER BILL.
  Read 3a, and passed.
DEVONPORT CORPORATION (GENERAL POWERS) RILL [H.L.],
  RENFREW HARBOUR BILL [H.L.],

    BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
    WREXHAM DISTRICT TRAMWAYS BILL [H. L.],
    FELIXSTOWE AND WALTON IMPROVEMENT BILL [H. L.],
    SADDLEWORTH, SPRINGHEAD, AND LEES TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
    LEICESTER CORPORATION BILL [H.L.],
    TAFF VALE RAILWAY RILL [H.L.],
    DOVER HARBOUR 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 Rills, viz.—

    M. Winchester,

    L. Stewart of Garlies (E. Galloway),

    L. Abinger,

    L. Congleton,

    L. Glanusk (Chairman);

    agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly: The Committee to meet on Friday next at Eleven o'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.

CHARING CROSS, EUSTON, ANDHAMPSTEAD RAILWAY (NO. 1) HILL [H.L.],
  CHARING CROSS, EUSTON, AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY (No. 3) BILL [H.L.],

    CHARING CROSS, EUSTON, AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL [H.L.],
    ISLINGTON AND EUSTON RAILWAY BILL [H.L.],
    CITY AND CRYSTAL PALACE RAILWAY BILL [H.L.],
    EDGWARE AND HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY BILL [H.L.],
    GREAT NORTHERN AND CITY BAILWAY BILL [H. L.],
    NORTH-WEST LONDON RAILWAY BILL [H.L.],
    GREAT NORTHERN AND STRAND RAILWAY BILL [H.L.],
    BAKER STREET AND WATERLOO 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.—

    V. Hutchinson (E. Donoughmore),

    L. Saltoun,

    L. Ribblesdale (Chairman),

    L. Castletown,

    L. Aberdare;

    agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly. The Committee to meet on Thursday next, at Eleven o'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.

    METROPOLITAN POLICE PROVISIONAL ORDER BILL.
    Read 2a (according to order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.
  RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
    CAPE OF GOOD HOPE OBSERVATORY.
    Report of His Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, for the year 1901. Presented (by command); and ordered to lie on the Table.
  MUSICAL COPYRIGHT BILL [H.L.],

    NAVAL PRIZE BILL [H.L.],
    Read 3a (according to order), and passed, and sent to the Commons.
    House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Five o'clock, to Monday next, a quarter before Eleven o'clock.