§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read: Counsel called in: Witnesses examined: Moved that the Bill be now read 2a agreed to: Bill read 2a accordingly.
§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following petition for a Bill have not been complied with:
§ Shropshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Electric Power.
§ The same was ordered to lie on the Table.