Deb 17 April 1923 vol 53 cc687-8

Petition for additional provision; of the Great Western Railway Company under their common seal; together with proposed amendments annexed thereto; read, and referred to the Examiners.

The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with:

Also the Certificates that the Standing Orders have not been complied with in respect of the Petitions for the following Bills:

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

PLYMOUTH CORPORATION BILL. [H.L.]

STOKE-ON-TRENT CORPORATION BILL. [H.L.]

WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE WATER BILL. [H.L.]

CHELMSFORD CORPORATION WATER BILL. [H.L.]

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (ADDITIONAL POWERS) BILL. [H.L.]

MACCLESFIELD CORPORATION BILL. [H.L.]

Report from the Committee of Selection that the Lord St. John of Bletso and the Lord Aberdare be proposed to the House as members of the Select Committee on the said Bills in the place of the Lord Stafford and the Lord Strathspey; read, and agreed to.