The LORD CHANCELLORacquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that no further Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill:
Kip's Patents [H.L.]. The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
Market Drayton Gas Bill; Scarborough Gas Bill; Committee to meet to-morrow.
Mid Yorkshire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Birmingham District Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Gosport, Fareham, and Cosham Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Manchester Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London) 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 following 1574 Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills; (viz.) —
agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly: The Committee to meet on Monday the 15th of June 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.
- E. Lytton,
- V. Hutchinson (E. Donoughnwre),
- L. Belhaven and Stenton,
- L. Hatherton (chairman),
- L. Crawshaw;
Taff Vale Railway Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
Lochnell Estate Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a.
Hyde Corporation Bill; Nelson Corporation Bill. Read 2a, and committed.
Dewsbury, Batley, and Birstal Tramways Bill [H L.]; Chard Corporation Gas and Electricity Bill [H L.]; South-Eastern and London, Chatham and Dover Railways Bill [H.L.]; Hastings Tramways (Extensions) Bill [H.L.]; Bournemouth Corporation Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Jewish Colonisation Association Bill [H.L.]; South Lancashire Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Pontypridd Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]. Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
Stroud and District Tramways Bill; brought from the Commons. Read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.
Stoke Newington Borough Council Bill. Returned fromt he Commons with the Amendments agreed to.
Willesden Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]. Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
Tramways Orders Confirmation (No.1) Bill [H.L.]; Tramways Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Bill [H.L.]; Gas and Water Orders Confirmation Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to Order).
Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill; Local 1575 Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Local Government (Ireland) Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill. Read 2a (according to Order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Local Government Provisional Order (Housing of the Working Classes) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill. Read 2a (according to Order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill. Read 2a (according to Order), and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.
Electric Lighting (London) Bill [H.L.]. House in Committee (according to Order): The Amendments proposed by the Chairman of Committees made; Standing Committee negatived; The Report of Amendments to be received to-morrow; and Standing Order No. XXXIX, to be considered in order to its being dispensed with.
Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (East Ham, &c.) Bill [H.L.]; Pier and Harbour Orders Confirmation (No. 1) Bill [H.L.]: Electric Lighting Provisional Order (No. 1) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill; Electric Lighting Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill. House in Committee (according to Order); Bills reported without Amendment; Standing Committee negatived; and Bills to be read 3a to-morrow.