HL Deb 15 July 1908 vol 192 cc761-2

Merthyr Tydfil Corporation Bill [H.L.].—Commons Amendments considered, and agreed to.

Liverpool Corporation (General Powers) Bill.—Reported, with Amendments.

Widnes Corporation Bill.—Reported, with Amendments.

Padiham Urban District Council Bill.—Reported, with Amendments.

Macclesfield and District Tramways (Abandonment) Bill; Holderness water Bill.—Moved, that the Order made on the 25th day of March last. "That no Private Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after the 18th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bills be now read 2a; agreed to; Bills read 2a accordingly.

Macclesfield and District Tramways (Abandonment) Bill.—Committed.

Holderness water Bill.—Committed. The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.

Pontypridd Water Bill [H.L.]—Returned from the Commons agreed to, with Amendments.

Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill.—Moved, That the Order made on the 25th day of March last, "That no Provisional Order Confirmation Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after the 18th day of June next," be dispensed with, and that the Bill be now read 2a; agreed to; Bill read 2a accordingly, and committed, the Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection in regard to the Bradford (Rural) Order.

Holderness Water Bill; Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill (Bradford (Rural) Order).—Report from the Committee of Selection, That the five Lords appointed a Select Committee on the Central Ireland Electric Power Bill and other Bills, do form the Select Committee for the consideration of the Holderness Water Bill and the Local Government Provisional Orders (No. 5) Bill (so far as it relates to the Bradford (Rural) Order); read, and agreed to. All petitions referred to the Committee, with leave to the Petitioners praying to be heard by Counsel against the Bills to be heard as desired, as also Counsel for the Bills.