Lords Sitting of 16 February 1916

EARL OF KILMOREY.
Petition of Francis Charles Adelbert Henry Needham, Viscount Newry and Morne, and Earl of Kilmorey, in the Peerage of Ireland, claiming a right to vote at the elections of Representative Peers for Ireland; read, and referred to the Lord Chancellor to consider and report thereupon to the House.
Report made from the Lord Chancellor that the right of Francis Charles Adelbert Henry Needham, Viscount Newry and Morne, and Earl of Kilmorey, 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.
Ordered, That the Report of the Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom, made to the House of Lords this day, that the right of the Earl of Kilmorey to vote at the elections of Representative Peers for Ireland has been established to his satisfaction, be sent to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, together with a certificate stating that such Report has been made, and that the House has ordered it to be sent to the said Clerk of the Crown in Ireland.

REPRESENTATIVE PEER FOR IRELAND.
Writs and Returns electing the Earl of Kilmorey a Representative Peer for Ireland in the room of the Lord Massy, with the Certificate of the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland annexed thereto: Delivered (on oath), and Certificate read.
LORD FARINGDON.
Sir Alexander Henderson, Baronet, having been created Baron Faringdon of Buscot Park in the County of Berks—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Charles John, Lord Bishop of Chichester —Was (in the usual manner) introduced.

LORD ASTOR.
William Waldorf Astor, Esquire, having been created Baron Astor of Hever Castle in the County of Kent—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:

Aberdare and Aberaman Gas.

Alexandra (Newport and South Wales), Docks and Railway.

Beighton and District Gas.

Burnley Corporation.

Canada Company.

Cardiff Railway.

City of Dublin Steam Packet Company.

Colchester Gas.

Colonial Bank.

Ferndale Gas.

Folkestone Gas.

Hornsey Gas.

Imperial Continental Gas Association.

Metropolitan Electric Tramways.

Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead Gas.

Northwich Urban District Council (Gas).

Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas.

River Glen.

South Eastern and London, Chatham and Dover Railways.

South Metropolitan Gas.

St.John's Church, Kingston-upon-Hull.

Swansea Habour.

Tynemouth Corporation.

Uxbridge Gas.

Van Diemen's Land Company.

Wakefield Corporation.

Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier.

Yeadon Water.

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

RETURNS, REPORTS, &c.
Police (Metropolis)—Report of the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for the year 1914: Presented(by command) and ordered to lie on the Table.
Military Service Act, 1916—Order in Council, dated the 15th February, 1916, amending the Military Service (Regulations) Order. 1916, so far as it relates to Scotland:
Navy and Marines (Property of Deceased) Act, 1865—Order in Council, dated the 15th February 1916, cancelling Clause 33 of the Order in Council, dated the 28th December 1865, under the above-named Act, and substituting a new clause therefor:
Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act, 1865—Order in Council, dated the 15th February 1916, approving a Memorial of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty praying sanction to the extension to service in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden of the Climate Allowance now payable for service in the Persian Gulf:
Irish Land Purchase Fund (Accounts, 1914–1915)—Accounts of Receipts and Payments by the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt in respect of the Capital and Income of the Irish Land Purchase Fund in the year ended 31st March 1915; together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General thereon:
National Insurance Acts—

1. The National Health Insurance (Decision of Questions) Regulations (Ireland), 1916, dated 26th January 1916;

2. The National Health Insurance (Deposit Contributors' Administration Expenses) Regulations (Ireland), 1916, dated 7th February 1916;

3. The National Health insurance (Deposit Contributors' Administration Expenses) Regulations (Wales), 1916, dated 5th February 1916:

Army (Territorial Force)—Scheme made by the Army Council for the establishment and constitution of an Association for the County of Renfrew under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907:
Shops Act, 1912—Order made by the Council of the City of Bradford and confirmed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, affecting a certain class of shops within the City:
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act) and ordered to lie on the Table.

REGISTRATION OF FIRMS BILL [H.L.]
A Bill to provide for the Registration of Firms and Persons carrying on Business under Trade Names—Was presented by the Lord Southwark; read la; to be printed; and to be read 2a on Wednesday the 22nd of March next. (No.2.)
House adjourned at half-past Four o'clock, till To-morrow, half-past Ten o'clock.