Lords Sitting of 29 May 1940

Preamble
The House met at four of the clock, The LORD CHANCELLOR on the Woolsack.
LORD CROFT.
Sir Henry Page Croft, Baronet, C.M.G., having been created Baron Croft of Bournemouth in the County of Southampton—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
Richard Godfrey, Lord Bishop of Southwark—Was (in the usual manner) introduced.
SAINT MARY MAGDALENE HOSPITAL (NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE) BILL, [H.L.]
Report from His Majesty's Attorney-General received and ordered to lie on the Table.
BIRMINGHAM CORPORATION BILL.
The King's consent signified, and Bill reported with Amendments.
CHRISTCHURCH CORPORATION BILL.
Read 2a, and committed; The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND GATESHEAD GAS BILL.
Read 2a, and committed: The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection.
MONMOUTHSHIRE AND SOUTH WALES EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL INDEMNITY SOCIETY, LIMITED BILL, [H.L.]
  SOUTH-EASTERN GAS CORPORA TION, LIMITED (ASSOCIATED COMPANIES) BILL. [H.L.]
  Report from the Committee of Selection, that the Lord Swinfen be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord O'Hagan; read, and agreed to.
MONMOUTHSHIRE AND SOUTH WALES EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL INDEMNITY SOCIETY, LIMITED BILL, [H.L.]
Reported from the Select Committee with Amendments.

DRAFT SUPPLEMENTARY PENSIONS (DETERMINATION OF NEED AND ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS) REGULATIONS, 1940.
Draft Regulations, dated 27th May, 1940, made by the Minister of Health and the Secretary of State for Scotland under the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934, and the Old Age and Widows' Pensions Act, 1940, and laid before the House yesterday, referred to the Special Orders Committee on Tuesday next.
House adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock.