§ THE ACTING CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (Lord BALFOUR of BURLEIGH)My Lords, the Regulations standing in my name on the Paper are the ordinary ones usually passed about this time of the session dealing with Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills. I beg to move that they be agreed to.
§ Moved, "That no Private Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after Thursday the 16th day of June next. That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill originating in this House shall be read a first time after Tuesday the 3rd day of May next. That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after Thursday the 16th day of June next. That when a Bill shall have passed this House with Amendments these orders shall not apply to any new Bill sent up from the House of Commons which the Chairman of Committees shall report to the House is substantially the same as the Bill so amended. That this House will not receive any petition for a Private Bill later than Tuesday the 3rd day of May next, unless such Private Bill shall have been approved by the High Court of Justice; nor any petition for a Private Bill approved by the High Court of Justice after Friday the 6th day of May next. That this House will not receive any report from the Judges upon petition 919 presented to this House for Private Bills after Friday the 6th day of May next.— (Lord Balfour of Burleigh.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ Ordered, That the said orders be printed and published, and affixed on the doors of this House and Westminister Hall. (No. 32.)