Lords Sitting of 30 June 1903

COMMISSION.
The following Bills received the Royal Assent:

1. Finance.

2. Naval Forces.

3. Berwickshire County Town.

4. Coal Mines (Certificates).

5. Land Drainage Provisional Order.

6. Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 1).

7. Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 2).

8. Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 3).

9. Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 4).

10. Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 6).

11. Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Order Confirmation.

12. Dundee Royal Lunatic Asylum Orders Confirmation.

13. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 1).

14. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 2).

15. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 4).

16. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 6).

17. Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 8).

18. Local Government Provisional Order (Housing of the Working Classes).

19. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1).

20. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2).

21. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3).

22. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 4).

23. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 6).

24. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 7).

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25. Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 11).

26. Local Government Provisional Orders (Gas).

27. St. Luke's Church and Parish Quoad Sacra Edinburgh Order Confirmation.

28. Naval Works Provisional Order.

29. Pier and Harbour Order (No. 1).

30. Grangemouth Water Order Confirmation.

31. Lanarkshire Electricity and Refuse Destruction Order Confirmation.

32. Forth Navigation Order Confirmation.

33. Caledonian Railway Order Confirmation.

34. Edinburgh Corporation (Markets, Slaughter-houses, etc.) Order Confirmation.

35. North British Railway (General Powers) Order Confirmation.

36. Western Trust.

37. Great Western Railway (Pension Fund).

38. Dublin Improvement (Bull Alley Area).

39. Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage.

40. Great Northern and City Railway.

41. Maidstone Gas.

42. Stoke Newington Borough Council.

43. North Middlesex Gas.

44. Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas.

45. Faversham Gas.

46. North's Navigation Collieries.

47. Life Association of Scotland.

48. Pelican and British Empire Life Office.

49. Lima Railways.

50. Exeter Railway.

51. All Saints, Poplar (Rate Abolition).

52. London Hydraulic Power.

53. Sutton District Water.

54. Bridgwater Gas.

55. East Ardsley Gas.

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56. Burgess Hill and St. John's Common Gas.

57. Scarborough Gas.

58. Sittingbourne District Gas.

59. South Wales Mineral Railway.

60. Cleveland and Durham County Electric Power.

61. Indiarubber, Guttapercha, and Telegraph Works Company.

62. Milford Docks.

63. Market Drayton Gas.

64. Wellington (Salop) Gas.

65. Knott End Railway (Extension of Time).

66. Winchester Water and Gas.

67. Midland Railway.

68. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.

69. Harrow and Stanmore Gas.

70. Wirral Railway.

71. Rickmansworth Gas.

72. Harrogate Water.

73. Gorleston and Southtown Gas.

74. Belfast Water.

75. Shepshed Urban District Gas.

76. Gas Light and Coke Company.

77. Commercial Gas.

78. Great Eastern Railway.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
Highland and Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway Companies Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Kinnaird be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bill in the place of the Lord Kilmaine; read, and agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with: Harrow Road and Paddington Tramways.
Also the Certificates that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bills: Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 8); Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 17).
And also the Certificates that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with: Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 2); Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 3); Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 4); Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 6).
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

  STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
  Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petition for a Bill by the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company 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 a Bill by the Alexandra Park Trustees ought to be dispensed with.
  Read, and agreed to.
  North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Bill [H.L.]. Presented (pursuant to leave given this day); read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.
  Hyde Corporation Bill; Cheshire Lines Committee Bill; Scottish Ontario and Manitoba Land Company Bill [H L.]; Shropshire, Worcestershire, and East Denbighshire Electric Power Bill [H.L.]. Reported, with Amendments.
  Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Bill. Reported, without Amendment.
  Watford and Edgware Railway Bill. Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, no parties having appeared in opposition thereto; read and ordered to lie on the Table.

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  The orders made on the 16th instant and Tuesday last discharged, and Bill committed.
  Romford and District Tramways Bill. A witness ordered to attend the Select Committee.
  Crystal Palace District Gas Bill. A witness ordered to attend the Select Committee.
  Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Sewerage Board Bill; South Shields Corporation Bill. Moved, That the order made on the 16th day of March last, "That no Private Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after the 18th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bills be now read 2a; agreed to; Bills read 2a accordingly, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
  Lochnell Estate Bill [H.L.]; Gosport, Fareham, and Cosham Tramways Bill [H.L.], now Gosport and Fareham Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Manchester Corporation Bill [H.L.]; West Bromwich Corporation Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
  Ulster and Connaught Light Railways Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.
  Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (East Ham, &c.) Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to, with an Amendment.
  Southampton Harbour Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons, agreed to, with Amendments; The said Amendments considered, and agreed to.
  Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (Housing of the Working Classes) Bill. Returned from the Commons, with the Amendment agreed to.
  Irvine and District Water Board Order Confirmation Bill [H.L.]. A Bill to confirm a Provisional Order relating to Irvine and District Water Board was presented by the Lord Balfour (pursuant to the
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  Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, Sections 8 and 9); read 1a; and to be printed. (No. 148.)
  Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 7) Bill. Moved, That the order made on the 16th 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 18th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bill be now read 2a; agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.
  Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 10) Bill. House in Committee (according to Order); Amendments made; Standing Committee negatived; Report of Amendments to be received on Thursday next.
  Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 12) Bill. House in Committee (according to Order); Bill reported without Amendment; Standing Committee negatived; and Bill to be read 3a on Thursday next.
  Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 14) Bill. House in Committee (according to Order); Amendments made; Standing Committee negatived; Report of Amendments to be received on Thursday next.
  Local Government Provisional Orders (Poor Law) Bill. House in Committee (according to Order); Bill reported without Amendment; Standing Committee negatived; and Bill to be read 3a on Thursday next.
  Lancashire and Yorkshire and London and North-Western Railways (Steam Vessels) Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Stanmore be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bill in the place of the Lord Stewart of Garlies (E. Galloway); read, and agreed to.
  Bury and District Joint Water Board Bill [H.L.]; Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London) Bill [H.L.]; Brighton Corporation Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That

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  the Lord Kilmaine be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Belhaven and Stenton; read, and agreed to.
  Leigh Corporation Bill; Welling-borough and District Tramroads Bill; Midland and Belfast and Northern Counties Railways Bill; Mullingar, Kells, and Drogheda Railway Bill; Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway Bill; London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Earl of Craven be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Kilmaine; read, and agreed to.
  Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London) Bill. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Kenyon be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bill in the place of the Viscount Hutchinson (E. Donoughmore); read, and agreed to.
  Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill, (No. 151); Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill, (No. 152). Brought from the Commons. Read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners.

RETURNS, REPORTS, ETC.
  TRANSVAAL (ORANGE RIVER COLONY).
  Papers relating to the Inter-Colonial Council South Africa Order in Council, 1903.

  COLONIES (ANNUAL).
  No. 338. Wei-Hai-Wei (Report for 1902).
  Presented (by Command), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  CERTIFIED INEBRIATE REFORMATORIES (REGULATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT).
  Amended regulations, made with the approval of the Secretary of State for the
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  Home Department, for the management and discipline of the Church Army Newdigate Farm Home, Surrey.

  POST OFFICE (MONEY ORDERS, INLAND).
  Statutory Rules and Orders, 1903.
  Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and ordered to lie on the Table.

  STANDING COMMITTEE.
  Report from the Committee of Selection for the Standing Committee that they have added the Viscount Hutchinson (E. Donoughmore) to the Standing Committee; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  CONTRACTS (INDIA OFFICE) BILL.
  Reported from the Standing Committee without Amendment, and to be read 3a on Thursday next.
  BISHOPRICS OF SOUTHWARK AND BIRMINGHAM BILL [H.L.]
  Reported from the Standing Committee with a further Amendment; the Report of the Amendments made in Committee of the Whole House, and by the Standing Committee, to be received on Thursday next.
  BOARD OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES BILL [H.L.]
  Reported from the Standing Committee without further Amendment: the Report of the Amendments made in Committee of the Whole House to be received on Friday next.
  BOROUGH FUNDS BILL.
  Reported from the Standing Committee without further Amendment: the Report of the Amendments made in Committee of the Whole House to be received on Thursday next.
  MARINE STORE DEALERS (IRELAND) BILL.
  Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and to be printed. (No. 150.)

  LOCAL GOVERNMENT (TRANSFER OF POWERS) BILL.
  Order of the day for the House going into Committee read.
  LORD KENYON: My Lords, in moving that the House go into Committee on this Bill, I wish to say that the Marquess of Ripon and several other noble Lords have brought to my notice a resolution passed by the West Riding County Council objecting to the clause that enables the different local authorities to veto the resolution of the County Council. As a matter of fact, in the House of Commons the smaller local bodies objected to the County Council having entire authority, and this clause was put in as a compromise. Although anxious to do everything to meet the views of the County Councils in this matter, the clause cannot very well be altered now.
  House in Committee (according to Order).
  Clause 1 agreed to.
  Clause 2 omitted.
  Clause 3 agreed to.
  Bill recommitted to the Standing Committee; and to be printed as amended. (No. 149.)

  GUINEA POSTAL ORDERS BILL.
  [SECOND READING.]
  Order of the day for the Second Reading read.
  THE EARL OF MAYO: The object of this Bill, which consists of only two clauses, is to enable the Postmaster-General to issue postal orders to the value of 21s., and as a large number of people send subscriptions of a guinea to charitable and other institutions the Bill would confer a great boon to the public generally.
  Read 2a (according to Order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.
  House adjourned at twenty minutes before Fire o'clock, to Thursday next, half-past Ten o'clock.