Lords Sitting of 4 February 1902

EARL OF SEFTON.
Petition of Osbert Cecil Molyneux, Earl of Sefton in the Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Sefton of Croxteth in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, claiming a right to vote at the elections of Representative Peers for Ireland; read and and referred to the Lord Chancellor to consider and report thereupon to the House.
PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
  MANCHESTER DISTRICT TELEPHONE BOARD BILL [H.L.]
  Presented; and read 1a.
  NOBEL'S EXPLOSIVES COMPANY, LIMITED (ARDEER WORKS WATER SUPPLY) BILL [H.L.]
  Presented; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.

  SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL [H.L.]
  Presented; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
  THE LORD CHANCELLOR 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:
  Whitstable Improvement.
  Manchester District Telephone Board.
  City and Brixton Railway.
  Bexhill and Rotherfield Railway (Abandonment).
  And the Certificates that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have not been complied with:
  Saddleworth, Springhead, and Lees Tramways.
  Sheffield, Rotherham, and Bawtry Railway.
  And the Certificates from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders
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  applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:

BRISTOL WATER [H.L.]
  BROMPTON AND PICCADILLY CIRCUS RAILWAY (NEW LINES, &C.) [H.L.]

    LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY [H.L.]
    DEVONPORT WATER [H. L.]
    DEAL AND WALMER GAS [H. L.]
    CHIGWELL, LOUGHTON, AND WOODFORD GAS [H. L.]
    LONGWOOD GAS [H. L.]
    And also the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills introduced in pursuance of the provisions of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, have been complied with:
    Nobel's Explosives Company, Limited (Ardeer Works Water Supply).
    Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society.
    Caledonian Railways.
    North British Railway (General Powers).
    North British Railway (Steam Vessels).
    And the Certificate that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with:
    Renfrew Harbour.
    The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

    ABERTILLERY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE AND DUKINFIELD CORPORATIONS (ALMA BRIDGE, etc.) BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION WATER BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    BRYNAMAN AND NEATH RAILWAY BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    BUXTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    CITY AND CRYSTAL PALACE RAILWAY BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    CITY AND NORTH EAST SUBURBAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    DARLEY DALE WATER BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    DEVONPORT CORPORATION (GENERAL POWERS) BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    DEVONPORT CORPORATION (WATER) BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    DOVER HARBOUR BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    FELIXSTOW AND WALTON IMPROVEMENT BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    LANCASHIRE COUNTY (LUNATIC ASYLUMS) BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    LEICESTER CORPORATION BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    LONDON UNITED ELECTRIC RAILWAYS BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    MEDWAY AND THAMES CANAL BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    MENAI BRIDGE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    NORTH AND SOUTH SHIELDS ELECTRIC RAILWAY BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    NORTH-EAST LONDON RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    NOTTINGHAM CORPORATION BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    PICCADILLY AND CITY RAILWAY (No 2) BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    RHONDDA URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    STREET URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL WATER BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    SWANSEA CORPORATION WATER BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    TYNE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a
    WIGAN CORPORATION BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    YSTRADFELLTE WATER BILL [H.L.]
    Read 2a.
    WEST AND SOUTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL [H.L.]
    Standing Order No. 92, considered (according to order), and dispensed with, with respect to a Petition of President, &c., of St. George's Hospital: Leave given to present the said Petition.
  RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
    SOUTH AFRICA.
    Letter from Assistant-General Tobias Smuts to Commandant-General L. P. Botha.
    COLONIES (ANNUAL).
    No. 346. Northern Nigeria (Report for 1900–1901).
    AFRICA (No. 1.) 1902.
    Correspondence with the Netherlands Government regarding the war in South Africa.

    NAVY (ESTIMATES).
    1. Estimates for the year 1902–1903; with explanation of differences.
    2. Explanatory statement by First Lord of the Admiralty.
    Presented [by Command], and ordered to lie on the Table.

    LOAN SOCIETIES.
    Abstract of accounts of loan societies in England and Wales furnished to the central office for the Registry of Friendly Societies, for the year ended 31st December, 1900.

    PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1899.
    Supplementary Report by the Chairman of Committees of the House of Lords and the Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Commons that clause 23 of the Glasgow Corporation (Gas, etc.) Order appears to them to contain provisions not proper to be inserted in a Provisional Order.
    Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

    STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
    Appointed: The Lords following, with the Chairman of Committees, were named of the Committee—

    D. Bedford.

    D. Marlborough.

    D. Northumberland.

    M. Lansdowne.

    E. Derby.

    E. Denbigh.

    E. Chesterfield.

    E. Jersey.

    E. Lauderdale.

    E. Waldegrave.

    E. Cadogan.

    E. Howe.

    E. Amherst.

    E. Camperdown.

    E. Dartrey.

    E. de Montalt.

    E. Carrington.

    E. Crewe.

    V. Sidmouth.

    V. Knutsford.

    V. Ridley.

    L. Clinton.

    L. Zouche of Haryngworth.

    L. Balfour.

    L. Boyle (E. Cork and Orrery)

    L. Ribblesdale.

    L. Churchill.

    L. Colchester.

    L. Wigan (E. Crawford).

    L. Poltimore.

    L. Kintore (E. Kintore).

    L. Belper.

    L. Brougham and Vaux.

    L. Fermanagh (E. Erne).

    L. de Vesci (V. de Vesci).

    L. Herries.

    L. Monkswell.

    L. Colville of Culross.

    L. Welby.

    L. Ludlow.

    All petitions relating to Standing Orders which shall be presented during the present session referred to the Committee unless otherwise ordered.

    STANDING COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC BILLS.
    Ordered, that a Standing Committee be appointed for the consideration of such Public Bills as may be committed to it by the House.

    COMMITTEE OF SELECTION FOR THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
    Appointed: The Lords following, with the Chairman of Committees, were named of the Committee—

    E. Cowper.

    E. Stanhope.

    E. Waldegrave.

    L. Balfour.

    L. Boyle (E. Cork and Orrery).

    L. Ribblesdale.

    L. Kintore (E. Kintore).

    L. Colville of Culross.

    The said Committee to meet forthwith.

    HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES.
    Select Committee appointed; the Lords following, with the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Chairman of Committees, were named of the Committee—

    D. Richmond.

    D. Northumberland.

    M. Cholmondeley.

    M. Ripon.

    M. Breadalbane.

    E. Clarendon (L. Chamberlain).

    E. Chesterfield.

    E. Waldegrave.

    E. Spencer.

    E. Mount Edgecumbe.

    E Cawdor.

    E. Camperdown.

    E. Kimberley.

    E. de Montalt.

    E. Cranbrook.

    E. Ancaster.

    V. Hampden.

    V. Cross.

    V. Peel.

    V. Knutsford,

    L. Balfour.

    L. Boyle (E. Cork and Orrery).

    L. Ribblesdale.

    L. Churchill.

    L. Colchester.

    L. Rosebery (E. Rosebery).

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    L. Kintore (E. Kintore).

    L Belper.

    L. Rowton.

    L. Tweedmouth.

    L. Monk Bretton.

    L. Colville of Culross.

    L. Macnaghten.

    L. Welby.

    COMMITTEE OF SELECTION.
    The Lords following, viz.—

    E. Chesterfield.

    E. Waldegrave.

    L. Ribblesdale.

    L. Colville of Culross.

    with the Chairman of Committees, were appointed a Committee to select and propose to the House the names of the Five Lords to form a Select Committee for the consideration of each opposed Private Bill.

    COMMITTEE OF SELECTION FOR THE STANDING COMMITTEE.
    Report from, That the Committee have nominated the following Lords to serve on the Standing Committee—

    L. Archbishop of Canterbury.

    E. Halsbury (L. Chancellor).

    L. Archbishop of York.

    D. Devonshire (L. President).

    M. Salisbury (L. Privy Seal).

    D. Bedford.

    D. Marlborough.

    D. Northumberland.

    M. Lansdowne.

    M. Bath.

    M. Ripon.

    E. Clarendon (L. Chamberlain).

    E. Derby.

    E. Denbigh.

    E. Stamford.

    E. Chesterfield.

    E. Shaftesbury.

    E. Jersey.

    E. Lauderdale.

    E. Carnwath.

    E. Stanhope.

    E. Waldegrave.

    E. Portsmouth.

    E. Hardwick.

    E. Spencer.

    E. Mansfield.

    E. Onslow.

    E. Grey.

    E. Harrowby.

    E. Morley.

    E. Vane (M. Londonderry).

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    E. Cawdor.

    E. Camperdown.

    E. Dudley.

    E. Kimberley.

    E. Dartrey.

    E. Northbrook.

    E. Lytton.

    E. Selborne.

    E. Ancaster.

    E. Crewe.

    V. Falkland.

    V. Sidmouth.

    V, Gordon (E. Aberdeen).

    V. Hampden.

    V. Cross.

    V. Peel.

    V. Knutsford.

    V. Llandaff.

    V. Goschen.

    V. Ridley.

    L. Bp. Winchester.

    L. Zouche of Haryngworth.

    L. Windsor.

    L. Clifford of Chudleigh.

    L. Barnard.

    L. Saltoun.

    L. Balfour.

    L. Boyle (E. Cork and Orrery).

    L. Ribblesdale.

    L. Churchill.

    L. Harris.

    L. Plunket.

    L. Rosebery (E. Rosebery).

    L. Poltimore.

    L. Kintore (E. Kintore).

    L. Leigh.

    L. Elgin (E. Elgin and Kincardine).

    L. Belper.

    L. Kinnaird.

    L. Lawrence.

    L. Sandhurst.

    L. Aberdare.

    L. Fermanagh (E. Erne).

    L. Norton.

    L. Lamington.

    L. Rowton.

    L. Reay.

    L. Tweedmouth.

    L. Northbourne.

    L. Herries.

    L. Monkswell.

    L. Lingen.

    L. Ashbourne.

    L. Thring.

    L. Macnaghten.

    L. Cheylesmore.

    L. Kelvin.

    L. Ashcombe.

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    L. Newton.

    L. Hawkesbury.

    L. Stanmore.

    L. Welby.

    L. Davey.

    L. Wandsworth.

    L. Burghclere.

    L. James.

    L. Pirbright.

    L. Glenesk.

    L. Heneage.

    L. Fairlie (E. Glasgow).

    L. Ludlow.

    L. Glanusk.

    L. Brampton.

    L. Cranworth.

    L. Avebury.

    L. Alverstone.

    Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
    House adjourned at ten minutes past Four o'clock, to Thursday next, half-past Ten o'clock.