PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

HL Deb 08 May 1905 vol 145 cc1089-91

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—Education Board Provisional Orders Confirmation (Liverpool, etc.) [H.L.].

Also the Certificate that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with:—Rhymney and Aber Valleys Gas and Water Company (Petition for Bill).

And also the Certificates that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—Acton Sewage; Birmingham Corporation; Brentwood Gas; Great Berkhampstead Gas; Ilfracombe Harbour and Improvement; London Gas; Otley Improvement; Great Northern Railway; Nottingham and Retford Railway; Seaham Gas; Croydon Gas; Dublin Corporation (Superannuation); Hitchin and District Gas.

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

Lautour's Divorce Bill [H.L.]. Witnesses ordered to attend on the Second Reading of the Bill, two to produce documents.

Matlock Bath Improvement Bill [H.L.]. Witnesses ordered to attend the Select Committee.

Earl of Stamford's Cheshire Estate. Petition for a Private Bill, together with a copy of the proposed Bill annexed thereto; read, and referred to two English Judges.

Corbett Estate Bill [H.L.]. Judges' Report received; Bill presented, and read 1^a.

Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Bill [H.L.]. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the opposition to the Bill was withdrawn.

Clay Cross Railway (Abandonment) Bill. Read 2^a, and committed.

Great Central Railway Bill [H.L.]; Dearne Valley Railway Bill [H.L.] Sheffield University Bill [H.L.]. Read 3^a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.

Southampton and Winchester Great Western Junction Railway (Abandonment) Bill. Read 3^a, and passed.

Brompton, Chatham, Gillingham, and Rochester Water Bill. Read 3^a, with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.

Whitechapel and Bow Railway Bill; Great Western Railway (New Railways) Bill; Aylesbury Gas Bill; Ealing Corporation Bill; South Oxfordshire Water and Gas Bill; Great Western Railway (Additional Powers) Bill; Aberdare Urban District Council Bill; Colne Corporation Bill; Stockport Corporation Bill; Halifax Corporation Bill; Andover Lighting and Power Bill; Bristol Corporation Bill; Croydon Corporation Bill; Swansea Corporation Bill. Brought from the Commons read la^a; and referred to the Examiners.

Cordoba and Rosario Railway Bill [H.L.] Entre Rios Railways Bill [H.L.]. Returned from the Commons agreed to.

Worcestershire County Council Bridges Bill. Examiner's Certificate of noncompliance with the Standing Orders referred to the Standing Orders Committee on Tuesday, the 16th instant.

Wellingborough and District Tram-roads and Electricity Supply Bill [H.L.]. The order made on the 31st of March last appointing certain Lords the Select Committee to consider the Bill, discharged.

Bridgwater Canals Bill [H.L.]. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the Promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. The Orders made on the 3rd and 31st of March last, discharged. Ordered, That the Bill be not further proceeded with.

Sunderland and South Shields Water Bill. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the Promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be not further proceeded with.

Abertillery Urban District Water Bill [H.L.]. The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the Promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill. The Orders of the 21st of February and the 31st of March last, discharged. Ordered, That the Bill be not further proceeded with.

Barrymore Estate Bill [H.L.]; Leven's Patent Bill [H.L.]. Committed.

Hythe Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Whitby Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]; Mansfield Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Hastings Tramways Bill [H.L.]; London Squares and Enclosures (Preservation) Bill [H.L.]; Nottingham Corporation Bill [H.L.]; Sandgate Urban District Council Bill [H.L.]; Blackpool Improvement Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Denman be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Shute (V. Barrington); read, and agreed to.

Bangor (County Down) Water and Improvement Bill [H.L.]; Matlock Bath Improvement Bill [H.L.]; Metropolitan and Great Central Railway Companies Bill [H.L.]; Southport, Birkdale, and West Lancashire Water Board Bill [H.L.]; Formby Township Bill [H.L.]; Humber Conservancy Bill [H.L.]. Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Chelmsford be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Earl of Westmeath; read, and agreed to.

Harbour, etc., Bills. Report of the Board of Trade on the Humber Conservancy Bill [H.L.]. Ordered to be laid before the House (The Lord Privy Seal (M. Salisbury).