Lords Sitting of 27 July 1923

Preamble
The House met at eleven of the clock, The EARL OF DONOUGHMORE on the Woolsack.

STREET TRADING BILL. [H.L.]
THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (THE EARL OF ONSLOW): My Lords, I beg leave to introduce a Bill to enact provisions for the regulation of street trading within the Metropolitan Police district, and to authorise the adoption of those provisions in certain other areas in England and Wales. It is not proposed to pass the Bill into law this Session. Indeed, I do not think my right hon. friend proposes that it should go further than the present stage; it is merely to get it printed.
Moved, That the Bill be now read 1a.—(The Earl of Onslow.)
On Question, Bill read 1a; and to be printed.

BARNSLEY CORPORATION BILL.
Read 3a, with the Amendments: further Amendments made: Bill passed, and returned to the Commons.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 9) BILL.
Read 3a (according to Order), with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
PIER AND HARBOUR PROVISIONAL ORDER (No. 3) BILL.
Read 3a (according to Order), with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.

RAILWAY (AUTHORISATION OF WORKS) BILL. [H.L.]
Order of the Day read for the consideration of Commons Amendments.
LORD SOMERLEYTON: My Lords, Clause 1 of this Bill has been amended in the House of Commons by the insertion of a new proviso in substitution for the proviso which was inserted during the passage of the Bill through the House of Lords at the instance of the Lord Chairman. The effect of the Amendment is to provide for a different form of Parliamentary control to that previously proposed. Under the clause as passed by the House of Lords the procedure laid down under subsection (3) of Section 29 of the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, would have applied to any Order made under the powers of the Bill. By that procedure a copy of the draft Order must be sent to the Lord Chairman and Chairman of Ways and Means, and if either of such Chairmen reports that he is of opinion that the proposals of the draft Order are of such a character or magnitude that they ought not to be proceeded with without the authority of Parliament, the Order is not to be made unless or until the draft Order has been approved by Resolution of both Houses, and if the Resolution of either House directs that the proposals shall be dealt with by Private Bill, the notices given and deposits made for the purposes of the Order are to hold good for the purposes of such Private Bill.
Under the clause as amended by the House of Commons this procedure will not apply to any Order made under the powers given by the Bill, but every such Order is to be laid before each House for 21 days, and if either House presents an Address against the Order no further proceedings are to be taken thereon. The proposal for this alternative procedure was made in Committee of the House of Commons, and was accepted by the Minister of Transport. The Amendment made in the Commons has the disadvantage of involving the possibility of delay in the making of Orders, but this disadvantage is not likely to be serious this year, in view of the autumn sittings, and may not be serious next year. I beg to move that the Commons Amendments be now considered.
Moved, That the Commons Amendments be now considered.—(Lord Somerleyton.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

COMMONS AMENDMENTS.
[The references are to Bill No. 49.]
Clause 1, page 1, line 14, after the first ("that") insert ("in the case of")
Clause 1, page 1, line 15, after ("section") insert ("or under section seventeen of the said Act")
Clause 1, page 1, line 17, leave out from ("pounds") to the end of line 20, and insert:
("(a) the order shall not come into force until it has been laid before each House of Parliament for a period of not less than twenty-one days during which the House is sitting, and if either of those Houses before the expiration of those twenty-one days presents an Address to His Majesty against the order, or any part thereof, no further proceedings shall be taken thereon without prejudice to the making of any new order; and
(b) subsection (3) of section twenty-nine of the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, shall not apply.")
Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(Lord Somerleyton.)
THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE): My Lords, I can say in one sentence that I have no objection to the change in form made in my Amendment.
On Question, Motion agreed to.

RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTIONS BILL.
Read 3a (according to Order), with the Amendments, and passed, and returned to the Commons.
EAST INDIA LOANS BILL.
Read 3a (according to Order), and passed.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
EARL BEAUCHAMP: May I venture to ask whether the noble Lord opposite can give us any information with regard to the course of business next week?
LORD SOMERLEYTON: On behalf of my noble friend the Deputy Leader of the House, may I say that the present proposal is to sit on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; on the last-mentioned
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day a short and formal sitting may suffice. Arrangements have been made in accordance with what is being done in another place, and I trust that that will meet the views of my noble friend the Leader of the Opposition.
[From Minutes of July 26.]

NOTTINGHAM CORPORATION BILL.
Reported from the Select Committee, with Amendments.
TORQUAY CORPORATION BILL.
Reported, with Amendments.
DOVER HARBOUR BILL.
The King's consent signified, and Bill reported without amendment.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVISIONAL ORDERS (No. 10) BILL.
  TRAMWAYS PROVISIONAL ORDERS BILL.
  Returned from the Commons, with the Amendments, agreed to.
SEAHAM HARBOUR DOCK BILL.
Returned from the Commons, with the Amendments, agreed to.
SWANAGE GAS AND ELECTRICITY BILL. [H.L.]

  LYTHAM ST. ANNES CORPORATION BILL. [H.L.]
  Returned from the Commons, agreed to, with Amendments: The said Amendments considered and agreed to.
  CHURCH OF SCOTLAND MINISTERS' AND SCOTTISH UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS' WIDOWS' FUND ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL.
  To be read 3a on Monday next.
  House adjourned at ten minutes past eleven o'clock till Monday nest, a quarter-past four o'clock.