§ Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Llandrindod Wells Urban District Council Bill [H.L.] ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed, provided that all reference to the payment of the costs of the Bill for 1903 be omitted from The Bill
§ That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Mullingar, Kells, and Drogheda Railway Bill ought to be dispensed with.
§ That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Heckmondwike Improvement Bill ought to be dispensed with, provided that Clauses 10 and 11, and so much of the preamble as related thereto, be struck out of the Bill.
§ That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of Wigan Corporation Bill ought to be dispensed with, provided that the powers to construct Tramway No. 2 be struck out of the Bill, unless the consent of the Aspull Urban District Council be proved before the Committee on the Bill.
§ That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petition for the 858 Darien Gold Mining Company Bill ought to be dispensed with, and leave given to introduce the Bill.
§ That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Hastings Tramways Bill [H.L.] ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed, provided that Clause 7 be struck out of the Bill, unless the consent of the Corporation of Bexhill is proved before the Committee on the Bill.
§ That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Wellingborough and District Tramroads and Electricity Supply Bill [H.L.] ought to be dispensed with, and the Bill allowed to proceed, provided that Tramways Nos. 1 and 2 are struck out of the Bill, unless the consent of the Northamptonshire County Council and that of the Wellingborough Rural District Council are proved before the Committee.
§ Read, and agreed to.
§ Orphan Working School and Alexandra Orphanage Bill [H.L.]; Sheffield University Bill (H.L.]; London Squares and Enclosures (Preservation) Bill [H.L.]. Reports from His Majesty's Attorney-General received, and ordered to lie on the Table.
§ Metropolitan Railway Bill [H.L.]. Read 2a (according to order), and committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ Mexborough and Swinton Tramways (Extension of Time) Bill [H.L.]. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn. The orders made on Friday and Tuesday last, discharged, and Bill committed.
§ Municipal Corporations (Merthyr Tydfil Scheme Confirmation) Bill [H.L.]. Committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
§ South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover Railways Bill [H.L.]; Nine Mile Point Railway Bill [H.L.]; Barry Railway Bill [H.L.]; Cardiff. Railway 859 Bill [H.L.]; Rhymney Railway Bill [H.L.]; Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bill [H.L.]; Clyde Navigation Bill [H.L.]; Clyde Navigation (Reconstitution) Bill [H.L.]. The meeting of the Select Committee (which stands appointed for Tuesday next) put off to Tuesday the 21st instant.
§ Preston Corporation (Ribble Navigation) Bill [H.L.]; Dearne Valley Railway Bill [H.L.]; Truro Water Bill [H.L,]; Torpoint Urban District Water Bill [H.L.]; Great Central Railway Bill [H.L.]; Great Central Railway (Pension Fund) Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Romilly be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Zouche of Haryngworth; read, and agreed to.
§ Administrative County of London and District Electric Power Company Bill [H.L.]; East London and Lower Thames Electric Power Bill [H.L.]; Charing Cross and Strand Electricity Supply Corporation Bill [H.L.]; City of London Electric Lighting Company Bill [H.L.]; Metropolitan Electric Supply Company (Acton District) Bill [H.L.]; Metropolitan Electric Supply Company (Various Powers) Bill [H.L.]; North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Bill [H.L.]; Central Electric Supply Bill [H.L.]; County of London Electric Supply Company Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bills; (viz.):—
- E. Camperdown (chairman).
- E. Lytton.
- L. Zouche of Haryngworth.
- L. Aberdare.
- L. Estcourt.