Lords Sitting of 14 February 1923

Preamble
The House met at a quarter before four of the clock, The LORD CHANCELLOR on the Woolsack.

COMMITTEE OF SELECTION.
The following Lords, viz.:—

D. Bedford,

D. Wellington,

M. Lansdowne,

M. Bath,

M. Curzon of Kedleston,

E. Clarendon,

V. Grey of Fallodon,

L. Erskine,

L. Wemyss(E.Wemyss),

L. Denman,

L. Kintore (E. Kintore),

L. Hylton,

L. Newton,

L. Stanmore,

L. Colebrooke,

L. Somerleyton,

with the Chairman of Committees, were appointed a Committee to select and propose to the House the names of the five Lords to form a Select Committee for the consideration of each opposed Private Bill.

HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES COMMITTEE.
THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE): My Lords, I beg to move that a Select Committee on the House of Lords Offices be appointed, and that the Lords following, with the Lord Chancellor and the Chairman of Committees, be named of the Committee:—

D. Rutland,

M. Lansdowne,

M. Salisbury,

M. Bath,

M. Cholmondeley,

M. Crewe,

M. Lincolnshire,

M. Aberdeen and Temair,

M. Curzon of Kedleston,

E. Chesterfield,

E. Shaftesbury,

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E. Stanhope,

E. Waldegrave,

E. Clarendon,

E. Onslow,

E. Beauchamp,

E. Strafford,

E. Selborne,

E. Cromer,

E. Loreburn,

E. Midleton,

E. Birkenhead,

V. Churchill,

V. Milner,

V. Haldane,

V. Finlay,

V. Ullswater,

L. Ribblesdale,

L. Wemyss (E. Wemyss),

L. Wigan (E. Crawford),

L. Kintore (E. Kintore),

L. Hylton,

L. Lamington,

L. Monk Bretton,

L. Ampthill,

L. Newton,

L. Stanmore,

L. Dunedin,

L. Atkinson,

L. Sanderson,

L. Colebrooke,

L. Desart (E. Desart),

L. Islington,

L. Southwark,

L. Buckmaster,

L. Muir Mackenzie,

L. Somerleyton,

L. Stuart of Wortley,

L. Lambonran,

L. Ernle,

L. Meston.

Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
Standing Orders Committee appointed: The Lords following, with the Chairman of Committees, were named of the Committee:—

D. Bedford,

D. Northumberland,

D. Wellington,

M. Lansdowne.

M. Salisbury,

M. Bath,

M. Bristol,

M. Crewe,

M. Lincolnshire,

M. Curzon of Kedleston,

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E. Denbigh,

E. Chesterfield,

E. Airlie,

E. Stanhope,

E. Clarendon,

E. Strafford,

L. Kintore (E. Kintore),

L. Hylton,

L. Newton,

L. Stanmore,

L. Ritchie,

E. Howe,

V. Churchill,

V. Finlay,

V. Ullswater,

L. Clinton,

L. Ribblesdale,

L. Wemyss (E. Wemyss),

L. Wigan (E. Crawford),

L. Oranmore and Browne,

L. Colebrooke,

L. Desart (E. Desart),

L. Ashton of Hyde,

L. Emmott,

L. Muir Mackenzie.

L. Somerleyton,

L. Stuart of Wortley,

L. Chalmers,

L. Clwyd,

L. Meston.

INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE BILL [H.L.]
THE LORD CHANCELLOR (VISCOUNT CAVE): My Lords, I beg leave to introduce a Bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to Industrial Assurance, and to make provision with respect to War Bond Policies and Policies to which the Courts (Emergency Powers) Act, 1914, applies, and Bond Investment Business; and to move that it be read a first time.
Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a.—(The Lord Chancellor.)
On Question, Bill read 1a; and to be printed.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVISIONAL ORDERS (SHEFFIELD WATER CHARGES) CONFIRMATION BILL [H.L.]
THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH (THE EARL OF ONSLOW): My Lords, I beg to present a Bill entitled an Act to con-
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firm certain Provisional Orders made by the Minister of Health relating to Sheffield; and to move that it be read a first time.
Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a—(The Earl of Onslow.)
On Question, Bill read 1a; and to be printed.
Bill referred to the Examiners.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVISIONAL ORDERS CONFIRMATION (No. 1) BILL [H.L.]
THE EARL OF ONSLOW: My Lords, I beg leave to present a Bill entitled "an Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Minister of Health relating to Darlington, Parts of Holland, Nottingham, Stockton-on-Tees, Thurrock Grays and Tilbury Joint Sewerage District and Wimbledon," and to move that it be read a first time.
Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a.—(The Earl of Onslow.)
On Question, Bill read 1a; and to be printed.
Bill referred to the Examiners.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
THE LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY): My Lords, before we adjourn this afternoon, I might say that I find it will be for the convenience of your Lordships to have a sitting on Wednesday of next week as well as on Tuesday, because of certain formal business which the Lord Chairman has in hand. Otherwise, the only definite business for consideration is the Second Reading of the Bill of which the noble and learned Viscount on the Woolsack has just moved the First Reading, and which is set down for Tuesday. I beg to move that, except for Judicial business, the House do adjourn till Tuesday next.
EARL BEAUCHAMP: My Lords, I have consulted my noble friend Viscount Grey, and I understand that the arrangement suggested will be perfectly convenient to him.
Moved accordingly, and on Question, Motion agreed to.
[From Minutes of February 13.]
The Lord Sudeley—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.
The Lord Heneage—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.
The Lord Annaly—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.
The Lord Middleton—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his brother.
The LORD CHANCELLOR informed the House that he had received from the Registrar in Bankruptcy of the High Court of Justice a certificate under the seal of the said Court, stating that Edward, Duke of Leinster, who sits in this House as Viscount. Leinster, being a Peer of the Realm, was adjudicated bankrupt on the 16th of January, 1923: The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
House adjourned at five minutes past four o'clock.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
[From Minutes of February 14.]
The Lord Bolton—Sat first in Parliament after the death of his father.

ROLL OF THE LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had prepared and laid it on the Table: The same was ordered to be printed.
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 Bills have been complied with:

Thomas Cheshire and Company (Delivery Warrants).

Bootle Corporation.

Great Western Railway (Additional Powers).

Mid Kent Water.

River Wear Watch.

Westminster City Council (Cleveland Street Infirmary).

Felixstowe Dock and Railway.

Chelmsford Corporation Water.

Croydon Corporation.

Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry.

Rawmarsh Urban District Council.

Dover Harbour.

Tees Valley Water.

Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.

Wallasey Embankment.

Oakham Gas and Electricity.

South Oxfordshire Water and Gas.

General Reversionary and Investment Company.

Chesterfield Corporation.

Swanage Gas and Electricity.

Warrington Corporation Water.

Chatham Corporation.

Maidstone Corporation.

Plymouth Corporation.

London County Council (General Powers).

Newhaven and Seaford Sea Defences.

Potteries and North Staffordshire Tramways and Light Railways.

Shropshire, Worcestershire and Stafford-shire Electric Power.

West Riding of Yorkshire County Council (Drainage).

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Bromborough Dock.

Metropolitan Railway (Various Powers).

Bank of England.

Port of London (Dock Charges).

Port of London (Finance).

Birkenhead Corporation.

Essex County Council (Barking Bridge).

Great Western Railway (Swansea Harbour Vesting).

Midland Railway.

North Eastern Railway.

Oldham and Rochdale Corporations Water.

South Staffordshire Mines Drainage.

Southend Water.

South Staffordshire Mond Gas.

South Elmsall and District Gas.

Torquay Corporation.

Stoke-on-Trent Corporation.

Barnsley Corporation.

Hoylake and West Kirby Gas and Water.

City and South London Railway.

London and South Western Railway.

West Gloucestershire Water.

Ebbw Vale Urban District Council.

Mitcham Urban District Council.

Rugby Urban District Council.

Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Tramways and Electricity Board.

Broadstairs and St. Peters Urban District Council.

Lytham Saint Annes Corporation.

Runcorn District Water Board.

London Electricity Supply.

Macclesfield Corporation.

Morley Corporation.

Nottingham Corporation.

Thornton Urban District Council.

Wakefield Corporation.

Wimbledon and Sutton Railway.

London Electric Railway.

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
All petitions relating to the Standing Orders which shall be presented during the present Session referred to the Committee unless otherwise ordered.
HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES COMMITTEE.
Leave given to Committee to report from time to time.