§ THE EARL OF WEMYSS had given notice of his intention—
§ To call attention to the following proposed Resolution which, prior to the late General Election, stood in his name on the Notice paper; and to the important Public Bodies that approve of the said Resolution.
§ Resolution.
§ That, in the opinion of this House, it would be for the public good that important trading and other representative societies should each name three members of the existing Peerage in the current, and each succeeding Parliament, to speak and act on behalf of such societies on all questions in which they are interested, and that the names of the Peers so nominated be entered in the Journals of the House.
§ Important Public Bodies approxing.
- Royal Institute of British Architects.
- Royal Academy of Arts.
- Society of Authors.
- Building Trades Federation of the United Kingdom.
- Society of Engineers.
- Junior Institute of Engineers.
- Gas Companies Association.
- London Chamber of Commerce.
- Machinery Users' Association.
- Royal College of Physicians.
- Railway Companies Association.
- Royal Sanitary Association.
- Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom.
- The Shipping Federation.
- The Surveyors Institute.
- Society of British Sculptors.
§ Employers Parliamentary Council (representing 30 central Associations connected with the chief industries of the United Kingdom).
§ THE EARL OF HALSBURYMy Lords, I have it in charge from my noble friend Lord Wemyss to apologise to your Lordships for his absence, but his state of health is not such as to enable him to be present to-day. At the same time I want to say that his indisposition is not so serious as to prevent our hoping to see him in his place shortly, and he will then proceed with his Motion.