§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Aberdare)My Lords, I beg to move the first Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. The amendments to the Private Business Standing Orders Nos. 4 and 11 are to ensure that newspaper notices which are published referring to a Private Bill contain reference to the 407 opportunity to deposit a petition against the Bill. The amendment to Standing Order No. 39 is for administrative convenience as a result of the fact that the Forestry Commission no longer have a permanent office in London, having moved to Edinburgh. This amendment will allow Bills to be deposited with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Similar amendments were agreed to the Private Business Standing Orders of another place last week. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That the Standing Orders relating to Private Business be amended as follows:—
§ Standing Order 4
§ Leave out paragraph (2) and insert the following new paragraph:
§ "(2) The notice shall also state—
- (a) that on and after the Fourth day of December copies of the Bill, or as the case may be copies of part of the Bill, may be inspected, and at a reasonable price obtained, at the offices required by the next following Order, which offices shall be named in the notice.
- (b) the time within which objection may be made by deposit of a petition in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments or the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons; and
- (c) that information regarding the deposit of such petitions may be obtained from either of those Offices or from the agents for the promoters."
§ Standing Order 11
§ Leave out sub-paragraph (b) and insert the following new sub-paragraph:
§ "(b) the time within which objection may be made by deposit of a petition in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments or the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons and that information regarding the deposit of such petitions may he obtained from either of those Offices or from the agents for the promoters."
§ Standing Order 39
§ Leave out line 32 and insert:
§ "Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food."—(Lord Aberdare.)
§ On question, Motion agreed to: ordered that the amendment be printed.