Lords Sitting of 24 February 1905

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:—Highland Railway.
And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—Rhymney Railway [H.L.]; South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways [H.L.]; Commercial Union Assurance [H.L.].
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.
Clyde Navigation Bill [H.L.]. Presented, and read 1a.
Barry Railway Bill [H.L.]; Hessle Gas Bill [H.L.]; Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed. The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
Mortgage Insurance Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Metropolitan District Railway Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a, and committed.

NEW BILLS.
  CONGESTED DISTRICTS (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.]
  A Bill to amend the provisions of the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act, 1897, as to the style and title of the Commissioners, the execution of deeds by them, and the application of the fund constituted by the said Act. Was presented by the Marquess of Linlithgow; read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a on Tuesday next. (No. 14.)
  ADVERTISEMENTS REGULATION BILL [H.L.]
  A Bill for authorising local authorities to make bye-laws respecting the exhibition of advertisements. Was presented by the Lord Balfour; read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a on Thursday the 9th of March next. (No. 15.)

  STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
  Appointed. The Lords following, with the Chairman of Committees, were named of the Committee—

  M. Salisbury. (L. Privy Seal.)

  V. Churchill.

  L. Zouche of Haryngworth.

  D. Bedford.

  D. Marlborough.

  L. Barnard.

  D. Northumberland.

  L. Balfour.

  M. Lansdowne.

  L. Ribblesdale.

  M. Bath.

  L. Colchester.

  E. Derby.

  L. Poltimore.

  E. Denbigh.

  L. Kintore. (E. Kintore.)

  E. Chesterfield.

  E. Jersey.

  L. Belper.

  E. Lauderdale.

  L. Brougham and Vaux.

  E. Waldegrave.

  E. Cadogan.

  L. Kinnaird.

  E. Howe.

  L. Fermanagh. (E. Erne.)

  E. Amherst.

  E. Camperdown.

  L. Herries.

  E. Dartrey.

  L. Monkswell.

  E. Lytton.

  L. Newton.

  E. Carrington.

  L. Welby.

  E. Crewe.

  L. Ludlow.

  V. Sidmouth.

  L. Glanusk.

  V. Knutsford.

  All petitions relating to the Standing Orders which shall be presented during the present session referred to the Committee unless otherwise ordered.

  HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES.
  Select Committee appointed. The Lords following, with the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Chairman of Committees, were named of the Committee:—

  D. Northumberland.

  V. Hampden.

  M. Bath.

  V. Cross.

  M. Cholmondeley.

  V. Peel.

  M. Ripon.

  V. Knutsford.

  M. Breadalbane.

  V. Churchill.

  E. Clarendon. (L. Chamberlain.)

  L. Windsor.

  L. Balfour.

  E. Chesterfield.

  L. Ribblesdale.

  E. Waldegrave.

  L. Colchester.

  E. Spencer.

  L. Rosebery. (E. Rosebery.)

  E. Mount Edgeumbe.

  E. Belmore.

  L. Kintore. (E. Kintore.)

  E. Cawdor.

  E. Camperdown.

  L. Belper.

  E. Cranbrook.

  L. Tweedmouth.

  E. Ancaster.

  L. Monk Bretton.

  V. Gordon. (E. Aberdeen.)

  L. Macnaghten.

  L. Welby.

  L. Burghclere.

  Committee of Selection. The Lords following, viz.:—

  E. Chesterfield.

  V. Churchill.

  E. Waldegrave.

  L. Ribblesdale.

  with the Chairman of Committees, were appointed a Committee to select and propose to the House the names of the Five Lords to form a Select Committee for the consideration of each opposed Private Bill.
  Standing Committee. Ordered, That a Standing Committee be appointed for the consideration of such Public Bills as may be committed to it by the House.
  Committee of Selection for the Standing Committee appointed. The Lords following, with the Chairman of Committees, were named of the Committee:—

  E. Cowper.

  L. Balfour.

  E. Stanhope.

  L. Ribblesdale.

  E. Waldegrave.

  L. Kintore. (E. Kintore.)

  E. Carrington.

  V. Churchill.

  RESERVE FORCES BILL [H.L.]
  [SECOND READING.]
  Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
  THE UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR (The Earl of DONOUGHMORE): My Lords, this is substantially the same Bill as that which your Lordships passed last year, and it embodies the Amendments that I was glad to make to meet the views of my noble friend Lord Monkswell. I do not think it is necessary to explain the Bill at length to your Lordships, having done so last year, and I will therefore content myself with formally moving that it be read a second time.
  Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(The Earl of Donoughmore.)
  On Question, Bill read 2a and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Tuesday next.

  BISHOPRIC OF BRISTOL BILL [H.L.]
  Order of the day for the House to be put into Committee, read, and discharged.

  SEAMEN"S AND SOLDIERS" FALSE CHARACTERS BILL [H.L.]
  Read 3a (according to order), and passed, and sent to the Commons.
  House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Five o"clock, to Monday next, a quarter before Eleven o"clock.