Lords Sitting of 4 March 1942

Preamble
The House met, The LORD CHANCELLOR on the Woolsack.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petitions for the following Bills ought to be dispensed with and leave given to introduce the Bills:

Railway Companies (Thomas Cook and Son Limited, Guarantee).

Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children and Queen's Hospital for Children (Amalgamation, etc.).

Read, and agreed to.

RAILWAY COMPANIES (THOMAS COOK AND SON LIMITED, GUARANTEE) BILL. [H.L.]
Presented (pursuant to leave given this day), read 1a, and referred to the Examiners.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH OF YORK HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND QUEEN'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN (AMALGAMATION, ETC.) BILL. [H.L.]
Presented (pursuant to leave given this day), and read 1a.

THE UTHWATT COMMITTEE.
LORD WEDGWOOD: My Lords, I desire to ask the Leader of the House the question which stands on the Paper in my name.
[The question was as follows:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether, before the Uthwatt Committee reports on compensation and valuation, they will have inquiries made in Russia as to the methods employed there under the various five-year plans which have produced such satisfactory results.]
LORD SNELL: My Lords, I have been asked to reply. My noble friend feels no doubt that the Committee will seek all the information necessary for the analysis of compensation and betterment on which they are engaged.
LORD WEDGWOOD: My Lords, the noble Lord omits the word "valuation." Is that excepted expressly?
LORD SNELL: My Lords, I should have expected that valuation was included in the general question of compensation and betterment.
House adjourned.