THE ACTING CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (Lord BALFOUR of BURLEIGH)My Lords, I have to ask your Lordships to suspend the Sessional Order, which provides that no private Bill brought from the House of Commons shall be read a second time after 18th June, in favour of the Liverpool Corporation (Streets and Buildings) Bill. The circumstances under which I ask for this indulgence are that, although the Bill was introduced at the proper time by the promoters and no fault rests with them, it was not found possible to take it in the Police and Sanitary Committee of the other House of Parliament until a very late date. In fact, the Bill was only reported to the other House on 17th July; it was read a third time on 22nd July, and no time has been lost in submitting it to your Lordships. If your Lordships will be good enough to suspend the Standing Order, the Committee stage could stand over until the meeting of Parliament later in the year.
§ 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 Bill be now read 2a."—(Lord Balfour of Burleigh.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to, and Bill read 2a accordingly.