Lords Report of 31 May 1921

JOURNAL COMMITTEE.
Report from, that the One Hundred and Fifty-second Volume of the Journals (10th and 11th George V., 1920), with an Index, was ready for delivery; read, ordered to lie on the Table; and the said Volume ordered to be delivered in the same manner as the preceding Volumes of the Journal have been delivered.

CONSOLIDATION BILL PROCEDURE.
Message from the Commons that they have appointed a Select Committee of five Members to join with the Committee appointed by this House, as mentioned in their Lordships' Message of the 11th instant, to consider all Consolidation Bills in the present session.
A Message ordered to be sent to the House of Commons to propose that the Joint Committee do meet in Committee Room C, to-morrow, at Twelve o'clock.

LIMERICK MARKETS BILL.
  BRITISH DYESTUFFS CORPORATION (RAILWAY TRANSFER) BILL.
    WREXHAM AND EAST DENBIGHSHIRE WATER BILL.
    Brought from the Commons; read lª; and referred to the Examiners.
    PILOTAGE PROVISIONAL ORDERS (NO. 2) BILL.
    Returned from the Commons, with the Amendment, agreed to.
    HERTS AND ESSEX WATER BILL.
    Returned from the Commons, with the Amendment, agreed to.

    STANDING JOINT COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS.
    Second Report from the Committee (with an Appendix) made, and to be printed.
    The Evidence taken before the Committee from time to time to be printed, but no copies to be delivered except to members of the Committee and to such other persons as the Committee shall think fit until further order.

SOUTH EAST ESSEX WATER BILL. [H.L.]
  SOUTHEND WATER BILL. [H.L.]
    SOUTH ESSEX WATERWORKS BILL. [H.L.]
    Report from the Select Committee that the Committee adjourned on Thursday, the 26th instant, for the convenience of parties; read, and ordered to lie on the Table: Leave given to the Select Committee not to sit again till Monday, the 6th of June next.
    SOUTH EAST ESSEX WATER BILL. H.L.
    Report from the Select Committee that the Promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill; read, and ordered to lie on the Table, and Bill (by leave of the House) withdrawn.

TAF FECHAN VALLEY WATER BOARD BILL. [H.L.]
TAF FECHAN WATER SUPPLY BILL. [H.L.]
RHYMNEY VALLEY WATER BOARD BILL. [H.L.]
RYHMNEY AND ABER VALLEYS GAS AND
WATER BILL. [H.L.]
Report from the Committee of Selection that Lord Seaforth be proposed to the House as a member of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of Lord Farrer; read, and agreed to.
The LORD CHANCELLOR The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments bad laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:
Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Newcastle-under-Lyme Extension), [H.L.]
Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Ossett and Wakefield Extension), [H.L.]
Ministry of Health Provisional Orders (No. 1).
Ministry of Health Provisional Orders (No. 3).
Also the Certificate from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:

Sutton District Waterworks.

East Surrey Water.

Also the Certificate that no Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill;
Ministry of Health Provisional Orders (No. 2).
And also the Certificate that the Standing Orders have not been complied with in respect of the Petition for the following Bill:
Londonderry Corporation Bridge.
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

STANDING NDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petition for a Bill by the
Slough Trading Company, Limited
ought to be dispensed with and leave given to introduce the Bill:
And that the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petition for additional provision in the
Batley Corporation Bill
ought to be dispensed with.
Read, and agreed to.

SLOUGH TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED (CANAL), BILL. [H.L.]
Presented (pursuant to leave given this day); read lª; and referred to the Examiners.
MINISTRY OF HEALTH PROVISIONAL ORDER (DOVER EXTENSION) BILL. [H.L.]
Reported, with Amendments, and recommitted to a Committee of the Whole House on Thursday next.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL.
  SUNDERLAND AND SOUTH SHIELDS WATER BILL.
  Committed: The Committees to he proposed by the Committee of Selection.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL.
HAMILTON'S DIVORCE BILL, [H.L.]
Second Reading (which stands appointed for Tuesday the 7th of June) put off sine die.
PRESTON'S DIVORCE BILL, [H.L.]
The LORD CHANCELLOR The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments had received by post from the Lord Justice of the King's Bench Divsion of the High Court of Justice in Ireland, a report of the Proceedings upon the inquiry before him in the case of Preston v. Graeme. The same was ordered to lie on the Table.
EDUCATION (CONSOLIDATION) BILL. [H.L.]
Committed and referred to the Joint Committee on Consolidation Bills.
CAPTIVE BIRDS SHOOTING (PROHIBITION) BILL.
Petition against; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.