§ Message from the Commons to acquaint this House that they have suspended any further proceedings on the London County Council (Improvements) Bill 1117 [H.L.] in the House of Commons until the next Session of Parliament.
§ Order of the Day for the consideration of Commons Message read.
THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (THE EARL OF DONOUGHMORE)My Lords, with reference to the London County Council (Improvements) Bill, I beg to move the Motion which stands in my name.
§ Moved to resolve, That the promoters of the Bill which has been introduced into this House in the present Session of Parliament, and which has passed this House and been sent to the House of Commons, shall have leave to introduce the same in the next Session of Parliament, provided that notice of their intention to do so be lodged in the Private Bill Office not later than noon on the last sitting day of the present Session, and that all fees due thereon, up to that period, be paid:
§ That such Bill shall be deposited in the Private Bill Office not later than three o'clock on or before the third day on which the House shall sit after the next meeting of Parliament, with a declaration annexed thereto, signed by the agent, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill at the last stage of the proceedings thereon in this House in the present Session:
§ That the proceedings on such Bill shall be pro formâ only in regard to every stage through which the same shall have passed in the present Session; and that no new fees be charged in regard to such stages:
§ That the Standing Orders by which the proceedings on Bills are regulated shall not apply to the said Bill in regard to any of the stages through which the same shall have passed during the present Session.—(The Earl of Donoughmore.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to, and ordered accordingly.