§ Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petitions for additional Provisions in the following Bills ought to be dispensed with, and leave given to the Committees on the Bills to insert the additional Provisions, viz.:—
§ North-Western Electricity and Power Gas [H.L.]; Salford Corporation [H.L.]; Hove, Worthing, and District Tramways [H.L.]
§ That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway (Extension of Time) Bill ought to be dispensed with.
§ That the further Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Maidstone 3 Gas Bill ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed:
§ Read and agreed to.
§ Fife Electric Power 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Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the Opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table: The orders made on the 12th of March and Thursday last discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Bangor Corporation Bill [H.L.] Petition for additional provision; of the Corporation of Bangor; together with the proposed Amendments annexed thereto; read, and referred to the Examiners.
§ Southampton Harbour Bill [H.L.] The King's consent signified; and Bill reported, with Amendments.
§ Poole and District Electric Traction Bill [H.L.]; Reported with Amendments.
§ Birmingham Corporation Bill [H.L.] Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
§ Hastings Harbour District Railway 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Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table: The orders made on the 19th of March and the 30th of April last discharged; and Bill committed.
§ Pontypridd Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]; Taff Vale Railway Bill [H.L.]; London and North-Western Railway Bill [H.L.]; Aston Manor Improvement Bill [H.L.]; Macclesfield and District Electric Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Torquay Corporation Water Bill [H.L.]; Rochester Corporation Tramways and Improvements Bill [H.L.]; Chatham and District Light Railways Bill [H.L.]; Brighton Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Bury and District Joint Water Board Bill [H.L.].
§ Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Redesdale be proposed to the House as a member of the 4 Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Viscount Powerscourt; read, and agreed to.
§ Ipswich Gas Bill; Burgess Hill and St. John's Common Gas Bill; London Hydraulic Power Bill; Sutton District Water Bill; Winchester Water and Gas Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
§ Wellington (Salop) Gas Bill [H.L.]; I Frinton-on-Sea Sea Defences Bill [H.L.]; Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 2) Bill; Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Order Confirmation Bill. Brought from the Commons.
§ Great Eastern Railway Bill; Great Northern Railway Bill. Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
§ Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway Order Confirmation Bill. Read 1a; to be printed, and (pursuant to the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899), deemed to have been read 2a—The Lord Balfour), and reported from the Committee. (No. 55.)
§ Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 2) Bill. Read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners. (No. 56.)