* THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (The EARL of ONSLOW)My Lords, this is an Amendment of the Standing Orders 1105 relating to generating stations for electrical purposes. There is considerable apprehension on the part of His Majesty's Office of Works that the erection of these enormously powerful generating stations may have a serious effect upon some of the national collections, and possibly even upon some of the public parks; and under those circumstances they desire that your Lordship's House and the other House of Parliament should amend the Standing Orders, so that before any Bill authorising the erection of generating stations is passed they may have the opportunity of reporting upon it, and the Committee considering the Bill may have that Report in front of them, before they agree to recommend that the Bill be passed into law.
§ Moved, that Standing Orders No. 106, be amended by inserting after "trade" in line 4, "and His Majesty's Office of Works."—;(The Earl of Onslow.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.
§ Standing Orders amended accordingly, and to be printed as amended. (No. 78.)