HL Deb 20 June 1916 vol 22 cc323-6

The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the following Papers, having been commanded to be presented to this House by His Majesty, had been so presented on the following dates by delivery to the Clerk of the Parliaments, pursuant to Standing Order No. CIV, viz.: 1. Miscellaneous— No. 18 (1916). Report by Dr. A. F. Taylor on the conditions of diet and nutrition in the Internment Camps at Ruhleben, received through the United States Ambassador. (June 5):

No. 19 (1916). Correspondence respecting the employment of British and German prisoners of war in Poland and France respectively. (June 14);

2. Boiler Explosions—Report to the Secretary of the Board of Trade upon the working of the Boiler Explosions Acts, 1882 and 1890, during the year ended 30th June, 1915; with Appendices (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper [Cd. 7797]);

3. Trade of New Zealand—Report on the Trade of the Dominion of New Zealand for the year 1915, with Supplementary Report on the Trade Returns for 1914, by Mr. W. G. Wickham (His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in New Zealand). (June 14);

4. Trade of Canada—Report on the Trade of the Dominion of Canada for the year 1915, by Mr. C. Hamilton Wickes (His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland);

5. British Trade after the War—Summaries of the evidence taken by a Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee to the Board of Trade on Commercial Intelligence in the course of their enquiry with respect to measures for securing the position, after the War, of certain branches of British Industry (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper [Cd. 8181] of 1916);

6. Board of Education—Reports for the year 1915 on the Science Museum and on the Geological Survey and the Museum of Practical Geology. (June 15):

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

Public Works Loan Board—Forty-first Annual Report of the Public Works Loan Board, 1915–1916; with Appendices:

Income Tax—Treasury Warrant, dated 14th June, 1916, appointing Mr. Percy Williamson to be a Special Commissioner of Income Tax:

Foreshores (United Kingdom)—Treasury Minute, dated 6th June, 1916, directing the application of moneys received by the Board of Trade in the year ended 31st March. 1916, in respect of the Crown's rights and interests in the Foreshores of the United Kingdom:

Courts (Emergency Powers) Acts, 1914 and 1916—The County Courts (Emergency Powers) Rules, 1916 (No. 2), dated 1st June, 1916, made by the Lord Chancellor, for County Courts under the Acts:

Trading with the Enemy (Amendment) Act, 1915—The Trading with the Enemy (Vesting and Application of Property) Amendment Rules, 1916 (No. 2), made by the Lord Chancellor, under the Act:

Arklow Harbour—Report of the Arklow Harbour Commissioners and abstract of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1915:

Military Service Act, 1916—Orders in Council—

  1. 1. Dated 30th March, 1916, adding to and amending the regulations made by Order of 3rd February, 1916, as to the constitution, functions, and procedure of the Local Tribunals, Appeal Tribunals, and the Central Tribunal under the Act;
  2. 2. Dated 1st June, 1916, making regulations as to the constitution, functions, and procedure of the Local Tribunals, Appeal Tribunal, and the Central Tribunal under the Act, and revoking the Orders in Council of the 3rd and 15th February and the 30th March, 1916:

Military Service Act, 1916, and Military Service Act, 1916 (Session 2)—Order in Council, dated 1st June, 1916, made under Section 5 of the Second Schedule of the first-named Act, as extended by Section 7 of the second-named Act, entitled the Military Service (Professional Committees Regulations) Order 1916:

Metropolitan Cattle Market—Account of the moneys received and paid by the Chamberlain of the City of London for the year 1915; also an account of extraordinary works executed, other than general repairs, for the same period:

Shops Act, 1912—Orders made by the under-mentioned Local Authorities, and confirmed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, affecting certain classes of shops within their respective areas—

National Insurance Acts—

  1. The National Health Insurance (Arrears) Consolidated Regulations, 1916, Hated 31st May, 1916
  2. The National Health Insurance (Panel and Pharmaceutical Committee) Regulations (England and Wales), 1916, dated 31st May, 1916;
  3. The National Health Insurance (Deposit Contributors' Administration Expenses) Regulations (Scotland), 1916 (No. 2), dated 2nd June, 1916:

Coroners Act, 1887—Forms of Inquisition, signed by the Lord Chancellor and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, dated 12th June, 1916:

National Insurance Act, 1911 (Part I), Account—Account showing the nature, and amount, of the securities hold by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt at 31st December. 1915 as investments for moneys, forming part of the National Health Insurance Fund, paid over to them by the Insurance Commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, respectively, under Section 54 (3) of the National Insurance Act, 1911:

Crown Office Act, 1877—Order in Council, dated 8th June, 1916, provisionally approving an amended Rule in place of Rule 7 in the Schedule to the Order in Council of 22nd February, 1878 as to the publication of Royal Proclamations:

Laid before the House (pursuant to Act) and ordered to lie on the Table.

Medway Conservancy Act, 1881—Statement of Receipts and Expenditure by the Conservators of the River Medway for the year from 25th March, 1915 to 25th March, 1916: Delivered (pursuant to Act) and ordered to lie on the Table.

House adjourned at five minutes past Five o'clock, till To-morrow, a quarter past Four o'clock.