§ Reassembling after the Christmas Recess, the House met at a quarter past four of the clock, The LORD CHANCELLOR on the Woolsack.
§ The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:—
- Aldershot Gas, Water and District Lighting,
- Amalgamated Societies for the Blind,
- Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and Dukinfield (District) Waterworks,
- Bacup Corporation,
- Birmingham Canal,
- Blackburn Corporation,
- Brighton Corporation,
- Brighton, Hove and District Transport,
- Calder and Hebble Navigation,
- City of London (Various Powers),
- Corby (Northants) and District Water,
- Coventry Extension,
- Dagenham Urban District Council,
- Doncaster Corporation,
- Epsom Urban District Council,
- Felixstowe and District Water,
- Gas Light and Coke Company,
- Gillingham Corporation,
- Grand Union Canal,
- Great Western Railway,
- Guildford Gas and Electricity,
- Hackney Borough Council,
- Humber Bridge,
- Lindsey County Council (Sandhills),
- Liverpool University,
- London and North Eastern Railway,
- London Assurance,
- London County Council (Vauxhall Cross Improvement),
- London Electric, Metropolitan District, and City and South London Railway Companies,
- London Midland and Scottish Railway,
- London Squares Preservation,
- Lower Avon Navigation,
- Lowestoft Water and Gas,
- Metropolis Water Supply (Communication Pipes),
- Metropolitan Water Board,
- Middlesex County Council,
- Mitcham Urban District Council,
- Neath Canal Navigation,
- New Junction Canal,
- Northampton Extension,
- Oldham Extension,
- Ormskirk and Lathom, and Burscough Urban District Councils (Water),
- Portsmouth Corporation,
- Preston Corporation,
- Romford Urban District Council,
- Rotherham Rural District Council,
- Royston and Brodsworth Gas,
- Salvation Army,
- Scarborough Corporation,
- Seaton Urban District Council,
- Sheffield Gas,
- South Yorkshire Gas Network,
- Southampton Corporation,
- Southern Railway,
- Stoke-on-Trent Extension,
- Surrey County Council,
- Tamworth Corporation,
- Taunton Corporation,
- Trowbridge, Melksham and District Water Board,
- Ventnor Urban District Council,
- Walthamstow Corporation,
- West Ham Corporation,
- West Hartlepool Corporation,
- Yorkshire (Woollen District) Transport.
§ The same were ordered to lie on the Table.