§ 4.5 p.m.
THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES (THE EARL OF DROGHEDA)My Lords, I beg to move a number of Amendments to the Private Bill Standing Orders, details of which will be found in the Appendix printed in the MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS after Questions not for Oral Answer. I shall, of course, be glad to try to explain any of these Amendments should your Lordships wish me to do so, but I think I may say that these Amendments make merely minor technical changes; and not one raises any question of policy. All the Amendments have already been made in Standing Orders in another place and, of course, it is desirable that so far as possible the Standing Orders of both Houses should be identical. I should warn the House that other Amendments of Private Bill Standing, Orders are now under consideration, and I may have to trouble the House with a further batch before the end of the Session. In the meantime, I beg to move that the Standing, Orders relative to Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills be amended.
§ Moved, That the Standing Orders relative to Private and Provisional Order Confirmation Bills be amended.—(The Earl of Drogheda.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to, the said Standing Orders amended accordingly.
§ [The Amendments were as follows:
§ Standing Order 10, page 17, line 32, leave out ("are intended to be") and insert ("have been").
§ Standing Order 28, page 24, line 9, leave out ("three") and insert ("two and a half").
§ Standing Order 28, page 24, line 13, leave out from the beginning to the end of line 15 and insert:
1312§ "Provided that it shall not be necessary for the map to show the existing or proposed boundaries of a county other than a county the council whereof is promoting the Bill".
§ Standing Order 37, page 27, line 23, leave out ("common or commonable").
§ Standing Order 37, page 27, line 25, leave out ("common or commonable").
§ Standing Order 39, page 27, line 41, after ("Treasury") insert ("the Board of Trade").
§ Standing Order 39, page 27, line 45, after ("Transport") insert ("the Ministry of Supply, the Ministry of Fuel and Power").
§ Standing Order 39, page 28, leave out paragraphs (2), (3) and (6).
§ Standing Order 39, page 28, line 34, leave out ("1929") and insert ("1947").
§ Standing Order 121, page 61, line 35, leave out ("Unopposed Bills") and insert ("the Bill").
§ Standing Order 122, page 61, lines 37 and 38, leave out ("on Unopposed Bills").
§ Standing Order 175, page 76, lines 17 and 18, leave out ("Committee and").
§ Standing Order 175, page 76, line 30, leave out ("Committee and").
§ Standing Order 175, page 76, line 36, leave out ("Committee and").
§ Standing Order 175, page 77, lines 6 and 7, leave out ("Committee and").
§ Standing Order 207, page 86, line 4, leave out ("present to this House a Memorial") and insert ("deposit in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments a Memorial addressed to the Chairman").
§ Standing Order 207, page 86, lines 9 and 10, leave out paragraph (2).
§ Standing Order 207, page 86, line 11, leave out ("presented") and insert ("deposited").
§ Standing Order 207, page 86, lines 13 and 14, leave out ("Committee and").
§ Standing Order 208, page 86, line 19, leave out ("presented to this House") and insert ("deposited in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments").
§ Standing Order 208, page 86, line 21, leave out ("the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments") and insert ("that office").
§ Standing Order 208, page 86, line 24, leave out ("presented") and insert ("deposited").
§ Standing Order 209, page 87, lines 20 and 21, leave out ("Committee and").
§ Standing Order 210, page 87, line 45, leave out ("or Agent").
§ Standing Order 210, page 88, line 1, leave out ("presented") and insert ("signed").
§ Standing Order 210, page 88, lines 7 and 8, leave out ("Committee and").
§ Standing Order 210, page 88, line 12, after ("Petitioner") insert ("or his Agent").]