Lords Sitting of 4 May 1925

Preamble
The House met at a quarter past four of the clock, The LORD CHANCELLOR on the Woolsack.
BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION (GUARANTEE) BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a tomorrow.
ADVOCATES WIDOWS' FUND (WIDOWERS' PROVISIONS) ORDER CONFIRMATION.
Brought from the Commons; read la; to be printed; and (pursuant to the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899), deemed to have been read 2a. (Lord Balfour of Barleigh) and reported from the Committee.
SOUTHAMPTON CORPORATION BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a and referred to the Examiners.

STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS.
A message ordered to be sent to the House of Commons to propose that the
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Joint Committee do meet in Committee Room A, on Tuesday, May 12, at twelve o'clock.

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION (GUARANTEE) BILL.
LORD ARNOLD: My Lords, may I ask the noble Marquess the Leader of the House on what day it is proposed to take the Second Reading of the British Empire Exhibition (Guarantee) Bill?
THE LORD PRIVY SEAL (THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY): My Lords, as the noble Lord is aware, there is a considerable desire to get this Bill through in order that it may receive the Royal Assent before the Wembley Exhibition opens again. Therefore, with his consent, we propose to take the Second Reading to-morrow. I hope that will be convenient to him.
LORD ARNOLD: That is a perfectly convenient day for me.
House rose at twenty minutes past four o'clock.