Lords Sitting of 10 March 1910

Preamble
Several Lords Several Lords—Took the Oath.
LORD FISHER OF KILVERSTONE.
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., Principal Naval A.D.C. to His Majesty the King, having been created Baron Fisher of Kilverstone, in the county of Norfolk—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
GAS COMPANIES (STANDARD BURNER) (No. 3) BILL. [H.L.]
Read 2a and committed: The Committees to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
MANSFIELD RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
Standing Order No. 92 considered (according to order), and dispensed with, with respect to a Petition of the Urban District Council of Kirby-in-Ashfield: Leave given to present the said Petition.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
THE MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE: My Lords, it would be convenient to many members of your Lordships' House if we could receive some intimation from the noble Earl who leads the House as to the course of business next week. It is suggested, I understand, that we should sit all night and every night for the discussion of the Motion and Resolutions which have been placed upon the Paper by Lord Rosebery.
THE LORD PRIVY SEAL AND SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (THE EARL OF CREWE): My Lords, in reply to the noble Marquess, I understand that in relation to the important Motion of my noble friend on the Cross Benches it would be to the general convenience if we were to sit on Monday both before and after dinner,

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with an adjournment—not, I hope, all night, as the noble Marquess suggested might be possible, but until our usual hour. I am given to understand that it would be to the convenience of some noble Lords who are interested in the debate that the House should not sit after dinner on Tuesday. Therefore I suggest that on Tuesday we should have only an afternoon sitting. Then on Wednesday and any following day, according to the course of the debate, we could adjourn for dinner and continue the debate on my noble friend's Motion until it is concluded. I hope that will meet the convenience of noble Lords opposite.

COMMITTEE OF SELECTION.
THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (THE EARL OF ONSLOW): My Lords, I have to ask your Lordships to appoint the Committees which are usually appointed at the beginning of the session. First of all, I move the appointment of a Committee to select and propose to the House the names of five Lords to form a Select Committee for the consideration of Private Bills.
Moved, That the Lords following, viz.:

E. Crewe (L. Privy Seal).

D. Bedford.

D. Northumberland.

M. Lansdowne.

E. Lauderdale.

E. Waldegrave.

E. Cawdor.

E. Camperdown.

V. Churchill.

L. Balfour.

L. Ribblesdale.

L. Granard. (E. Granard.)

L. Denman.

L. Belper.

L. Brougham and Vaux.

L. Hindlip.

L. Newton.

L. Colebrooke.

with the Chairman of Committees, be appointed a Committee to select and propose to the House the names of the Five Lords to form a Select Committee for the consideration of each opposed Private Bill.—(The Earl of Onslow.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

STANDING COMMITTEE.
THE EARL OF ONSLOW: I next have to move the appointment of a Standing Committee. I notice that the noble Earl, Lord Camperdown, has a Motion on the Paper dealing with the Standing Committee, but I do not think that is any reason why your Lordships should not appoint the Standing Committee. If you agree later on to the noble Earl's Motion, it will be perfectly possible for that Committee to sit and consider the question to be referred to it even though the Standing Committee had been appointed. I therefore move.
Moved, That a Standing Committee be appointed for the consideration of such Public Bills as may be committed to it by the House.—(The Earl of Onslow.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

COMMITTEE OF SELECTION FOR STANDING COMMITTEE.
THE EARL OF ONSLOW: I now move that the Lords whose names appear on the Paper be the Committee of Selection for the Standing Committee.
Moved, That the Lords following, viz.:

E. Jersey.

E. Waldegrave.

V. Churchill.

L. Balfour.

L. Granard. (E. Granard.)

L. Denman.

L. Kintore. (E. Kintore.)

L. Lawrence.

with the Chairman of Committees, be named of the Committee of Selection for the Standing Committee.—(The Earl of Onslow.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
Appointed: The Lords following, with the Chairman of Committees, were named of the Committee:—

E. Crewe. (L. Privy Seal.)

D. Bedford.

D. Marlborough.

D. Northumberland.

M. Lansdowne.

M. Salisbury.

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M. Bath.

E. Derby.

E. Denbigh.

E. Chesterfield.

E. Jersey.

E. Lauderdale.

E. Waldegrave.

E. Cadogan.

E. Howe.

E. Amherst.

E. Camperdown.

E. Dartrey.

E. Lytton.

E. Carrington.

E. Cromer.

V. Sidmouth.

V. Knutsford.

V. Churchill.

L. Zouche of Haryngworth.

L. Barnard.

L. Balfour.

L. Ribblesdale.

L. Colchester.

L. Kintore. (E. Kintore.)

L. Belper.

L. Brougham and Vaux.

L. Kinnaird.

L. Hylton.

L. Fermanagh (E. Erne.)

L. Reay.

L. Newton.

L. Welby.

L. Ludlow.

L. Pentland.

All petitions relating to the Standing Orders which shall be presented during the present session referred to the Committee unless otherwise ordered.

HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES.
THE EARL OF ONSLOW: I next move the appointment of a Select Committee on the House of Lords Offices. There are two other noble Lords in addition to those whose names appear on the Paper whom I should like to add to the Committee, but inasmuch as it is usual to give notice thereof I will put their names down at a future date and ask your Lordships to agree to add them.
Moved, That a Select Committee on the House of Lords Offices be appointed, and that the Lords following, viz:

D. Northumberland.

M. Bath.

M. Cholmondeley.

E. Beauchamp. (L. Steward.)

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E. Clarendon.

E. Chesterfield.

E. Essex.

E. Waldegrave.

E. Mount Edgcumbe.

E. Cawdor.

E. Camperdown.

E. Ancaster.

E. Carrington.

E. Halsbury.

E. Plymouth.

V. Gordon. (E. Aberdeen.)

V. Cross.

V. Peel.

V. Knutsford.

V. Churchill.

L. Balfour.

L. Ribblesdale.

L. Colchester.

L. Rosebery. (E. Rosebery.)

L. Poltimore.

L. Kintore. (E. Kintore.)

L. Belper.

L. Monk Bretton.

L. Macnaghten.

L. Welby.

L. Burghclere.

L. Sanderson.

L. Colebrooke.

with the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Chairman of Committees, be named of the Committee.—(The Earl of Onslow.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

STANDING COMMITTEES.—APPOINTMENT OF SELECT COMMITTEE.
THE EARL OF CAMPERDOWN: Your Lordships were good enough last session to accede to my Motion to appoint a Select Committee to consider and report upon the Standing Orders relating to Standing Committees, and the noble Lords named of the Committee in the Motion now standing in my name on the Paper were appointed as members of that Committee. Early in the session some of the members of the Committee found it inconvenient to attend, and other circumstances occurred so that the Committee never met. But I now ask your Lordships to reappoint the Committee, and I propose, if my Motion is agreed to, to call the Committee together as soon as convenient. The names which appear on your Lordships' Paper are, as I have said, the same names as appeared last year. I propose, however, to add the name of Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, but in

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order to do that I must make a separate Motion on Monday. I beg to move.
Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider and report upon the Standing Orders relating to Standing Committees.—(The Earl of Camperdown.)
On Question, Motion agreed to, and ordered accordingly: Then the Lords following were named of the Committee:

L. Chancellor.

L. Privy Seal. (E. Crewe.)

M. Lansdowne.

L. Steward. (E. Beauchamp.)

E. Waldegrave.

E. Onslow.

E. Camperdown.

E. Halsbury.

V. Cross.

V. Knutsford.

L. Barnard.

L. Balfour.

L. Denman.

The Committee to appoint their own Chairman.

PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1899.
Report from the Committee of Selection, that the following Lords be proposed to the House as the panel of Lords to act as Commissioners under the Act, viz.:—

M. Linlithgow;

L. Clanwilliam (E. Clanwilliam);

agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly.

MOVABLE DWELLINGS BILL. [H.L.]
A Bill to provide for the registration and regulation of Movable Dwellings—Was presented by the Lord Clifford of Chudleigh; read 1a, and to be printed. (No. 12.)
House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before Five o'clock, till To-morrow, half-past Ten o'clock.