§ Folkestone Harbour Bill [H.L.]
§ 3.39 p.m.
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Aberdare)My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. This is the first of the normal carry-over Motions for Private Bills to come before your Lordships toward the end of the Session. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That the promoters of each Bill have leave to suspend any further proceedings thereon in order to proceed with it, if they think fit, in the next Session of Parliament, provided that notice of their intention to do so is lodged in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments not later than 3 p.m. on Thursday 17th October next and that all fees due on or before that day have been paid;
§ That such Bill be deposited in the Office of the Clerk of the Parliaments not later than 3 p.m. on the second sitting day in the next Session with a declaration annexed, signed by the agent, stating that the Bill is the same in every respect as the Bill at the last stage of proceedings thereon in this House in the present Session;
§ That the proceedings on such Bill in the next Session be pro forma in regard to every stage through which the Bill has passed in the present Session, and that no new fees be charged to such stages;
§ That the Private Business Standing Orders apply to such Bill in the next Session only in regard to any stage through which the Bill has not passed during the present Session;
113§ That—
- (i) any petition which has been presented against such Bill in the present Session (if not withdrawn) stand referred to any Select Committee on the Bill in the next Session;
- (ii) no petitioners be heard before any Select Committee on the Bill in the next Session unless their petition has been presented within the time stipulated for the deposit of petitions in the present Session or deposited pursuant to Private Business Standing Order 109 (b);
- (iii) Private Business Standing Order 110 have effect as if the words "under Standing Order 109" were omitted.—(The Chairman of Committees.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to, and it was ordered that a Message be sent to the Commons requesting their agreement.