§ Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Burnley Corporation Bill, and the Collooney, Ballina, and Belmullet Railways and Piers Bill ought to be dispensed with, read and agreed to.
§ Byrne's Divorce Bill [H.L.]. Amendment reported (according to order), and Bill to be read 3a to-morrow.
§ Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills.—Ordered, That Standing Orders Nos. 92 and 93 be suspended; and that the time for depositing petitions praying to be heard against Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills, also the time for depositing Documents relating to any Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, which would otherwise expire during the adjournment of the House at Easter be extended to the first day on which the House shall sit after the Recess.
782§ Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills.—Ordered,
§ That private no Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after Tuesday the 18th day of June next.
§ That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill originating in this House shall be read a first time after Thursday the 2nd day of May next.
§ That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after Tuesday the 18th day of June next.
§ That when a Bill shall have passed the House with amendments these orders shall not apply to any new Bill sent up from the House of Commons which the 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 Thursday the 2nd 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 Tuesday the 7th day of May next.
§ That this House will not receive any report from the Judges upon petitions presented to this House for Private Bills after Tuesday the 7th day of May next.
§ Ordered, That the said orders be printed and published, and affixed on the doors of this House and Westminster Hall. (No. 21.)