§ Message from the Commons to acquaint this House, That they have made the following Standing Order:—
§ (1) the Promoters of every Private Bill which has originated in this House or has been brought from the House of Lords in the present Session of Parliament shall have leave to suspend any further proceeding thereon in order to proceed with that Bill, if they think fit, in the next Session;
§ (2) the Agent for the Promoters of any such Bill intending to suspend any further proceeding thereon shall give notice to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office not later than the day before the close of the present Session of their intention to suspend further proceeding thereon or, if the Bill, having passed this House, is then pending in the House of Lords, of their intention to proceed with the same Bill in this House in the next Session; provided that all fees due upon any such Bill up to that date be paid;
§ (2) an alphabetical list of all such Bills, with a statement of the stage at which they have been suspended, shall be prepared by the Clerks in the Private Bill Office and printed;
§ (4) every such Bill which has originated in this House shall be presented to the House not later than the third day on which the House sits after the next meeting of Parliament;
§ (5) there shall be deposited with every Bill so presented a declaration signed by the Agent for the Bill, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill with respect to 644 which proceedings have been suspended at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the present Session;
§ (6) every Bill so presented shall be laid by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office on the Table of the House on the next meeting of the House after the day on which the causes of Her Majesty's calling the Parliament have been declared thereunto;
§ (7) every Bill so laid on the Table shall be deemed to have been read the first and second time (if the Bill has been read a second time before its suspension); and if such Bill has been reported by any Committee in the present Session, it shall be ordered to be read the third time unless it has been reported with Amendments in the present Session and has not been considered as amended, in which case it shall be ordered to lie upon the Table;
§ (8) paragraph (2) of Standing Order 166 (First reading) relating to Private Business shall not apply to any Bill brought from the House of Lords in the next Session and upon which the proceedings have been suspended in this House in the present Session;
§ (9) when any Bill which has been brought from the House of Lords in the present Session, and upon which the proceedings have been suspended in this House, is brought from the House of Lords in the next Session, the Agent for the Bill shall deposit in the Private Bill Office a declaration, signed by him, stating that the Bill is the same, in every respect, as the Bill which was brought from the House of Lords in the present Session and, as soon as a certificate by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office that such a declaration has been so deposited has been laid upon the Table of the House—
- (i) the Bill shall be deemed to have been read the first time and shall be referred to the Examiners unless the Examiner has reported on it in the present Session;
- (ii) if the Examiner has reported either that the Standing Orders not previously inquired into which are applicable to the Bill have been complied with or that no Standing Order not previously inquired into is applicable thereto, the Bill shall be ordered to be read a second time, or, if it has been read a second time in the present Session, it shall be deemed to have been read a second time;
- (iii) if the Bill has been reported by a Committee with Amendments in the present Session, it shall be committed to the Chairman of Ways and Means, who shall make only such Amendments to the Bill as have been made thereto by the Committee in the present Session, and shall report the Bill to the House forthwith;
- (iv) if the Bill has been reported by a Committee without Amendment in the present Session it shall be ordered to be read the third time;
§ (10) any Bill which, under the provisions of paragraph (7) or (9) of this Order, is deemed to have been read the first time or to have been read the first and second time shall be recorded in the Journal of this House as having been so read;
645§ (11) all Petitions against any Bill presented in the present Session which stood referred to the Committee on the Bill shall stand referred to the Committee on the same Bill in the next Session; and all notices of objection to the right of Petitioners to be heard given in the present Session, within the time prescribed by the Rules of the Court of Referees relating to such notices, shall be held applicable in the next Session;
§ (12) no Petition shall be received in the next Session against any Bill which has been presented to this House or has been brought from the House of Lords in the present Session unless such Bill was read the first time within the last ten days of the present Session;
§ (13) any Petition against any Bill to which paragraph (12) of this Order applies, and which is presented not later than the seventh day after the next meeting of Parliament, being a Petition in which the Petitioner prays to be heard by himself, his Counsel or Agents, shall stand referred to the Committee on such Bill;
§ (14) in relation to any Bill to which this Order applies, Standing Order 127 (Right of audience before committees on opposed Bills), relating to Private Business, shall have effect as if the words "under Standing Order 126 (Reference to committee of petitions against Bill)" were omitted;
§ (15) all Instructions to Committees on Private Bills in the present Session, which are suspended previous to their being reported by any Committee, shall be Instructions to the Committee on the same Bills in the next Session;
§ (16) any Standing Orders complied with in respect of any Bill originating in the House of Lords, upon which the proceedings have been suspended in that House, shall be deemed to have been complied with in respect of such Bill if the same is brought from the House of Lords in the next Session, and any notices published or given and any deposits made in respect of such Bill for the present Session shall be held to have been published, given and made, respectively, for the Bill so brought from the House of Lords in the next Session;
§ (17) no further Fees shall be charged in respect of any proceeding on a Bill in respect of which fees have already been incurred during the present Session;
§ (18) if the Standing Orders Committee have not reported upon any report of the Examiner in respect of a Petition for a Bill or a Petition for Additional Provision in a Bill presented in the present Session, such report shall stand referred to the Standing Orders Committee in the next Session;
646§ (19) all Standing Orders complied with in respect of any Public Bill presented, or intended to be presented, during the present Session shall be held to have been complied wilt in respect of any Bill for the same objects presented in the next Session, and where the Examiner has already reported that the Standing Orders have been complied with in respect of any such Bill, he shall report only whether any further Standing Orders are applicable;
§ (20) if a Bill to confirm a Provisional Order or Certificate originating in this House which at the close of the present Session is pending either in this House or in the House of Lords is presented to this House in the next Session in the form in which it stood at the last stage of its proceeding in this House in the present Session, such Bill shall be deemed to have been read a second time, if it has been read a second time in the present Session, and, if it has been reported by a Committee in the present Session, shall be ordered to be read the third time unless it has been reported with Amendments in the present Session and has not been considered as amended, in which case it shall be ordered to be considered;
§ (21) if a Bill to confirm a Provisional Order or Certificate is brought from the House of Lords in the next Session in the form in which it was brought from the House in the present Session, such Bill shall, if the Examiner has reported in the present Session either that the Standing Orders applicable to the Bill have been complied with or that no Standing Order is applicable thereto, be ordered to be read a second time, or, if the Bill has been read a second time in the present Session, be deemed to have been so read, and, if it has been reported by a Committee with Amendments the present Session, shall be committed to the Chairman of Ways and Means who shall make only such Amendments to the Bill as have been made thereto by the Committee in the present Session and shall report the Bill to the House forthwith; but, if the Bill has been reported by a Committee without Amendment in the present Session, it shall be ordered to be read the third time;
§ (22) paragraphs (10) to (17) of this Order shall apply as respects any Bill to confirm a Provisional Order or Certificate to which paragraph (20) or paragraph (21) of this Order applies, as if such Bill were a Private Bill upon which further proceeding has been suspended in the present Session.
§ House adjourned at twenty-five minutes before three o'clock.