Lords Sitting of 26 April 1911

EARL OE EGMONT.
Report made from the Lord Chancellor that the right of Charles John, Earl of Egmont, in the Peerage of Ireland, to vote at the elections of Representative Peers for Ireland, has been established to the satisfaction of the Lord Chancellor; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
Several Lords—Took the Oath.

VISCOUNT KITCHENER.
Horatio Herbert Baron Kitchener of Khartoum, and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., O.M., General in the Army, lately Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces in South Africa, having been created Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, and of the Vaal in the Colony of the Transvaal, and of Aspall in the County of Suffolk—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
The Lord LOCHEE—Took the Oath.

REPRESENTATIVE PEER FOR IRELAND.
Writs and Returns electing the Lord Kilmaine a representative Peer for Ireland in the room of the Viscount Bangor, deceased, with the certificate of the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland annexed thereto: Delivered (on oath), and certificate read.
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate that the Standing Orders have not been complied with in respect of the petition for additional Provision in the following Bill:
Halifax Corporation.
The same was ordered to lie on the Table.

MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL BILL. [H.L.]
Reported, with Amendments.
BRIGHTON DISTRICT TRAMWAYS BILL. [H.L.]
The CHAIRMAN of COMMITTEES informed the House that the Promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill: Order for the Second Reading To-morrow, discharged: Ordered that the Bill be not further proceeded with.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER (NO. 12) BILL.
Report from the Select Committee, That the Committee had not proceeded with the consideration of the Bill, the opposition thereto having been withdrawn; read, and ordered to lie on the Table: The orders made on the 18th and 21st of March last discharged, and Bill committed.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.
ARMY (ANNUAL) BILL.
Brought from the Commons.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 11) BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a; to be printed; and referred to the Examiners. (No. 50.)

GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY BILL.
IPSWICH CORPORATION BILL.
METROPOLITAN ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY (ACTON DISTRICT) BILL.
UPPER MEDWAY CONSERVANCY BILL.
WESTERN VALLEYS (MONMOUTHSHIRE) SEWERAGE BOARD BILL.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND DERBYSHIRE TRAMWAYS BILL.
LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY BILL.
PAIGNTON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL.
WIDNES AND RUNCORN BRIDGE (TRANSFER) BILL.
CHESTERFIELD GAS AND WATER BOARD BILL.
SEAFORTH AND SEFTON JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL.
NORTHAMPTON CORPORATION BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a and referred to the Examiners.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (IRELAND) BILL.
Returned from the Commons, with the Amendments, agreed to.
UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE ACT, 1877.
Statute made by the Governing Body of Worcester College, Oxford, on the 30th November, 1910, and sealed on the 9th December, 1910, amending certain of the Statutes of the College: Laid before the House (pursuant to Act), and to be printed. (No. 51.)

ARMY (ANNUAL) BILL.
Read 1a; to be printed; to be read 2a To-morrow (The Viscount Haldane) and Standing Order No. XXXIX to be considered in order to its being dispensed with. (No. 49.)
House adjourned at half-past Four o'clock, till To-morrow, half-past Ten o'clock.