Lords Sitting of 28 March 1934

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

SOUTH DEVON AND EAST CORN WALL HOSPITAL, PLYMOUTH, ROYAL ALBERT HOSPITAL, DEVONPORT, AND CENTRAL HOSPITAL, PLYMOUTH (AMAL GAMATION, &c.) BILL. [H.L.]
THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (THE EARL OF ONSLOW): My Lords, I beg to move the Motion that stands in my name. It is due to the fact that the Report from the Attorney-General had not arrived in time, and it is therefore now necessary to dispense with the Standing Order.
Moved, That Standing Order No. 105 be considered in order to its being dispensed with in respect of the said Bill, and that the Bill be now read 2a.—(The Earl of Onslow.)
On Question, Motion agreed to: Bill read 2aaccordingly.

EAST WORCESTERSHIRE WATER BILL.
Read 2a.
BIRMINGHAM UNITED HOSPITAL BILL. [H.L.]
Read 3a, and passed, and sent to the Commons.

WESTON-SUPER-MARE GAS ORDER, 1934.
LORD TEMPLEMORE: My Lords, I beg to move that this Special Order be approved.
Moved, That the Special Order, as reported from the Special Orders Committee on Thursday last, be approved.—(Lord Templemore.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

MATLOCK AN DISTRICT GAS ORDER, 1934.
LORD TEMPLEMORE: My Lords, I beg to move that this Special Order be approved.
Moved, That the Special Order, as reported from the Special Orders Committee yesterday, be approved.—(Lord Templemore.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

MOSSLEY GAS ORDER, 1934.
LORD TEMPLEMORE: My Lords, I beg to move that this Special Order be approved.
Moved, That the Special Order, as reported from the Special Orders Committee yesterday, be approved.—(Lord Templermore.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

WATFORD AND ST. ALBANS GAS ORDER, 1934.
LORD TEMPLEMORE: My Lords, I beg to move that this Special Order be approved.
Moved, That the Special Order, as reported from the Special Orders Committee yesterday, be approved.—(Lord Templemore.)
On Question, Motion agreed to

OLDBURY GAS ORDER, 1934.
LORD TEMPLEMORE: My Lords, I beg to move that this Special Order be approved with modifications.
Moved, That the Special Order, as reported from the special Orders Committee yesterday, be approved with modifications.—(Lord Templemore.)

PORT DINORWIC ELECTRICITY ORDER, 1934.
THE EARL OF LUCAN: My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Plymouth, I beg to move that the Port Dinorwic Electricity Order be approved.
Moved, That the Special Order, as reported from the Special Orders Committee yesterday, be approved.—(The Earl of Lucan.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.

JUDICIARY (SAFEGUARDING) BILL. [H.L.]
Amemdments reported (according to Order).
Clause 1:
Application of future statutes relating to servants of the Crown to certain holders of judicial office.
1.In any Statute hereafter enacted no provision for the alteration or diminution of the rights, duties, salaries or emoluments of any persons which arise from the service of His Majesty or from the holding of any commission or office shall, unless expressly stated, be deemed to apply in the case of the holders or past holders of judicial office whose salaries are charged on the Consolidated Fund.
LORD RANKEILLOUR LORD RANKEILLOUR moved, before "judicial office," to insert "high." The noble Lord said: My Lords, the object of this Amendment and of the one following it on the Order Paper in my name is really to carry out conseqentially the decisions come to by your Lordships' House in Committee. Your Lordships will remember that the Bill as first drafted included a number of the lower judiciary in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It was decided that they should be taken out of the Bill, and consequently I think some slight change is needed. Otherwise it might be argued that the County Court Judges in England and Sheriffs in Scotland did not have judicial office. Now that it is confined to the higher judiciary I think it is only logical that the word "high" should be inserted. I beg to move.
Amendment moved—
Page 2, line 3, after ("of") insert ("high").—(Lord Rankeillour.)
On Question, Amendment agreed to.
Clause 2:
Meaning of "judicial office."
2. The expression "judicial office" in this Act means the office of a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, of a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, of a Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature; in Scotland of a Judge of the Court of Session or of the Chairman of the Land Court, and in Northern Ireland of a Lord Justice of the Court of Appeal and of a Judge of the King's Bench Division.
LORD RANKEILLOUR LORD RANKEILLOUR moved to substitute "high judicial office "for" "judicial office." The noble Lord said: My Lords, I beg to move the Amendment standing in my name on the Paper.
Amendment moved—
Page 2, line 5, after ("expression") insert ("high").—(Lord Rankeillour.)
On Question, Amendment agreed to.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
THE EARL OF ONSLOW: My Lords, in consequence of the lamented death of the noble Viscount, Lord Churchill, a vacancy occurs on the Standing Orders Committee of your Lordships House According to Standing Orders it is necessary that the Committee should consist of forty memebers and the Chairman of Committees. I therefore propose to you Lordships that the name of the noble Lord, Lord Milne, should be added to those of the members of the Committee.
Moved, That the Lord Milne be named of the committee in place of the Viscount churchill.—(The Earl of Onslow)
On Question, Motion agreed to, and ordered accordingly.

CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 1) BILL.
Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
THE EARL OF LUCAN: My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time.
Moved, That the Bill be now read 2a.—(The Earl of Lucan.)
On Question, Bill read 2a: Committee negatived.
Then, Standing Order No. XXXIX having been suspended, Bill read 3a, and passed.

SHOPS BILL. [H.L.]
Read 3a (according to Order): Amendments (Privilege) made: Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.
House adjourned during pleasure.
House resumed.

ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal Assent was given to the following Bills:
Consolidated Fund (No. 1),
British Hydrocarbon Oils Production,
Air Force Reserve (Pilots and Observers),
Dyestuffs (Import Regulation),
Rural Water Supplies,
Indian Pay (Temporary Abatements),
Mining Industry (Welfare Fund),
North Atlantic Shipping,
Public Works Facilities Scheme Huddersfield Corporation), Confirmation,
Public Works Facilities Scheme (Boston Corporation), Confirmation,
Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Belper),
Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (North Buckinghamshire Joint Hospital District),
Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Crosby, Litherland, and Waterloo Joint Cemetery District),
Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham Joint Sewerage District),
Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Wirral Joint Hospital District),
Aire and Calder Navigation,
Somersham Rectory.
House adjourned during pleasure.
House resumed.
House adjourned at two minutes before six o'clock till Wednesday, April 11 next.