Lords Sitting of 10 April 1913

PRIVATE BILL BUSINESS.

  GREENOCK PORT AND HARBOURS BILL. [H.L.]
  Witnesses ordered to attend the Select Committee.
  METROPOLITAN RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  CITY AND SOUTH LONDON RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  LONDON ELECTRIC RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  METROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  WIMBLEDON AND SUTTON RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  The Lord Sanderson, Chairman of the Select Committee, reported that the Lord Grantley was not present this day; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.
  Report from the Committee of Selection, That the Lord Ramsay (E. Dalhousie) be proposed to the House as a Member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Grantley; read, and agreed to.

  STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
  Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the following Bills ought to be dispensed with:
  Arigna Valley Railway. [H.L.]
  Arundell Estate (CloSing of Arundell Street and Panton Square) [H.L.]; and
  Leeds Corporation. [H.L.]
  That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the
  London County Council (Tramways, Trolley Vehicles and Improvements) Bill
  ought to be dispensed with subject to the omission therefrom of Tramways Nos. 2, 4, 4a, 5, 5a, 6, 8, 8a and 8b, and to the consent of the Hampstead Borough Council in respect of Tramway No. 3a being proved before the Committee on the Bill.
  That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petition for a Bill in reference to the Superannuation Fund by the
  Midland Railway Company
  ought to be dispensed with and leave given to introduce the Bill:
  That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the petitions for additional Provision in the following Bills:
  London and South Western Railway [H.L.]; and
  Lothian Railways [H.L.]
  ought to be dispensed with and leave given to the Committee on the Bills to insert the additional Provisions:
  That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the
  City of London (Celluloid Regulations) Bill
  ought to be dispensed with subject to the omission of Clauses 7 and 8 from the Bill:
  That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the petition for additional Provision to the
  London County Council (General Powers) Bill
  ought to be dispensed with subject to the omission from Part II of Clauses 8 and 9:
  And that the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the
  Ely Valley Gas and Electricity Bill.[H.L.]
  ought not to be dispensed with.
  Read, and agreed to.
  The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with:
  Arigna Valley Railway.
  The same was ordered to lie on the Table.

  LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  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 17th of March last discharged, and Bill committed.

  ARIGNA VALLEY RAILWAY BILL. [H.L.]
  Examiner's Certificates of non-compliance with the Standing Orders referred to the Standing Orders Committee on Tuesday next.
  House adjourned at Four o'clock, till To-morrow, Two o'clock.