Lords Report of 18 February 1936

Preamble
The LORD CHANCELLOR 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:

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Traction [H.L.],

Cornwall Electric Power [H.L.],

Gravesend and Milton Waterworks [H.L.],

North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply [H.L.],

Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water [H.L.],

Swansea and District Transport [H.L.],

Great Orme Tramways [H.L.],

Imperial Continental Gas Association [H.L.],

Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses [H.L.].

And also the Certificate that the Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have not been complied with:

Post Office (Sites) [H.L].

The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (EXCLUDED AND PARTIALLY EXCLUDED AREAS) ORDER, 1936.
Report from the India and Burma Orders Committee, That they have examined the Draft Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that in their opinion the provisions of the Order raise important questions of policy and principle which have been accepted already by the House when passing the Government of India Act, 1935, under which the Order is submitted for approval; that the Order is not founded on precedent, inasmuch as no other Order has been made under Section 91 (1) of the Government of India Act, 1935 that they have considered the Amendments proposed by the Secretary of State for India; that in the opinion of the Committee the Order cannot be passed by the House without special attention, but that no further inquiry is necessary before the House proceeds to a decision on the Resolution to approve the said Order.
Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.