Lords Sitting of 1 July 1902

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
  HULL, BARNSLEY, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAILWAY AND DOCK (SOUTH YORKSHIRE EXTENTION LINES) BILL.
  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Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read and ordered to lie on the Table: The orders made on the 16th of May and Thursday last discharged, and Bill committed.

  CALEDONIAN RAILWAY BILL,
  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 7) BILL [H. L.],
  ELECTRIC LIGHTING PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 8) BILL [H. L.],
  GAS AND WATER ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 2) BILL [H. L.],
  LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL.
  Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee adjourned this day at One o'clock; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.

  NOTTINGHAM AND RETFORD RAILWAY BILL.
  Reported, with Amendments.
  HUDDERSFIELD CORPORATION BILL.
  Reported, with Amendments.
  TICEHURST WATER BILL.
  Read 3a, and passed.
  LEICESTERSHIRE AND WARWICKSHIRE ELECTRIC POWER BILL.
  Read 3a, with the Amendments; further Amendments made; Bill passed and returned to the Commons.
  METROPOLITAN RAILWAY BILL.
  Brought from the Commons: read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
  NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CORPORATION TRAMWAYS BILL [H.L.],
  Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments: The said Amendments considered, and agreed to.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 7) BILL,
    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 12) BILL,
    Moved, that the order made on the 14th day of March last, "That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after Thursday the 19th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bills be now read 2a; agreed to; Bills read 2a accordingly.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 7.) BILL,
  Committed: The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 12) BILL,
  Committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
  EDUCATION BOARD PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION (LONDON) BILL [H.L.],
  Amendments reported (according to Order), and Bill to be read 3a on Thursday next.

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 3) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 5) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 8) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 9) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 11) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 14) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 15) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER (GAS) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDERS (HOUSING OF WORKING CLASSES) BILL,
  LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER (POOR LAW) BILL,
  House in Committee (according to Order): Bills reported without Amendment: Standing Committee negatived; and Bills to be read 3a on Thursday next.

  IRVINE CORPORATION ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL [H.L.]
  Brought from the Commons; read 1a, to be printed, and (pursuant to the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899), deemed to have been read 2a and reported from the Committee. (No. 133.)
RETURNS REPORTS ETC.
  DUBLIN METROPOLITAN POLICE.
  Statistical tables for the year 1901.
  IRISH SALMON FISHERIES.
  Return showing the relative value of private and public salmon fisheries in Ireland.

  GREENWICH OBSERVATORY.
  Report of the Astronomer-Royal to the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; read at the annual visitation of the Royal Observatory, 7th June, 1902.
  Presented (by command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  JOURNAL COMMITTEE.
  Report from, that the one hundred and thirty-third volume of the Journals (1st Edw. VII, 1901), with an Index, was ready for delivery; read and ordered to lie on the Table; and the said volume ordered to be delivered in the same manner as the preceding volumes of the Journals have been delivered.
  WILD BIRDS PROTECTION ACTS AMENDMENT BILL [H.L.]
  Returned from the Commons agreed to.
  PRISON OFFICERS (PENSIONS) BILL.
  House in Committee (according to order): Bills reported without Amendment; and re-committed to the Standing Committee.
  FRESHWATER FISH (SCOTLAND) BILL.
  Reported from the Standing Committee without Amendment, and to be read 3a on Tuesday next.
  IMMORAL TRAFFIC (SCOTLAND) BILL.
  Reported from the Standing Committee, without Amendment, and to be read 3a on Friday next.

  VOLUNTEER RIFLE RANGES.
  THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH: My Lords I beg to ask the Under-Secretary of State for War, what proportion of the total amount allocated for the provision of Volunteer rifle ranges still remains in hand, what corps have been assisted, and to what amount.
  THE UNDER SECRETARY or STATE FOR WAR (LORD RAGLAN): My Lords, it will be within the recollection of the noble Earl that several sums, amounting in the aggregate to £170,000, have been set aside for the purpose of assisting Volunteers to form ranges. Of that sum £90,000 was set on one side for the provision of a range for the metropolitan district. That left £80,000 for the provincial corps. Of the latter sum, £52,389 has been expended in assisting 181 different corps. The work which is now being carried on will require a further sum of £12,572. That will leave at the present time an unexpended sum of £15,039. As soon as the exact amount has been determined, the general officers commanding districts will be asked to state their requirements, and the expenditure of this sum will be alloted in the same way.
  THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH: Will any Papers be issued, as in 1899?
  LORD RAGLAN: Yes.
  LORD TWEEDMOUTH: I should like to ask whether any progress is being made with the arrangements for providing a metropolitan range. The noble Lord said that £90,000 had been set aside for that purpose, and it would be interesting to learn whether any steps are being taken to supply the much-felt want of a rifle range somewhere near to London.
  LORD RAGLAN: That matter is at the present moment being considered.
  EARL SPENCER: Is it being carried out?
  LORD RAGLAN: Yes, it is being carried out.

  JOINT COMMITTEE ON WAR FUNDS.
  THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH, who had the following notice on the Paper, "To ask the Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster what steps have been taken to give effect to the Report of last year's Joint Committee on War Funds, over which he presided," said: I do not see the noble Lord the Chancellor of the Duchy present, and I do not know whether the Under-Secretary for War is prepared to give me an answer. The Committee which sat last year dealing with the subject of War Funds attracted the greatest possible attention and they came to a decision on the matter. I do not know whether any Member of the Government is able to say what steps have been taken to give effect to the Report.
  No reply was given.
  EARL SPENCER: I do not know whether any noble Lord on the Front Bench opposite is going to rise, but I do think that His Majesty's Government, who had notice of this question, should be able to give the noble Earl an answer. This is a matter of great importance, and unless we have some satisfactory assurance on the matter I shall be inclined later on to bring the matter before your Lordships' House, as it is of very great importance that due consideration should be given to the duties and responsibilities which war unfortunately brings to all classes of His Majesty's subjects.
  House adjourned at ten minutes before five o'clock, to Thursday next, half past ten o'clock.