Lords Sitting of 5 April 1938

Preamble
The House met at a quarter past four of the clock, The LORD CHANCELLOR on the Woolsack.
ARMY AND AIR FORCE (ANNUAL) BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and to be printed.
BANGOR CORPORATION BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.

RADCLIFFE FARNWORTH AND DISTRICT GAS BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a; and referred to the Examiners.
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:

Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Scarborough).

Also the Certificate that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bills:

Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Bridgwater Extension),

North West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority Provisional Order.

And also the Certificate that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:

Aldridge Urban District Council.

Blackpool Improvement.

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

OXFORD CORPORATION (ELECTRICITY) BILL. [H.L.]
Committed: The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.

WALSALL GAS ORDER, 1938.
Special Order proposed to be made on the application of the Mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the Borough of Walsall:
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act) for affirmative Resolution and referred to the Special Orders Committee.

RATING AND VALUATION (POSTPONEMENT OF VALUATIONS) BILL.
House in Committee (according to order): Bill reported without amendment.
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL. [H.L.]
Read 3a (according to order): Amendments (privilege) made: Bill passed, and sent to the Commons.

FOOD AND DRUGS BILL. [H.L.]
VISCOUNT GAGE: My Lords, I beg to move that the Motion standing in my name be agreed to.
Moved, That a Committee of seven Lords be appointed to join with a Committee of the House of Commons to consider the said Bill. That the Lords following, with the Chairman of Committees, be named of the Committee:

E. Birkenhead,

L. Teynham,

L. Hare (E. Listowel),

L. O' Hagan,

L. Addington,

L. Doverdale.

That such Committee have power to agree with the Committee of the House of Commons in the appointment of a Chairman.—(Viscount Gage.)
On Question, Motion agreed to.
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the House of Commons to acquaint them therewith, and to request them to appoint seven members of that House to be joined with the said Committee.
House adjourned at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock.