Lords Report of 24 May 1938

Preamble
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments had laid upon the Table the Certificate from the Examiners that the further Standing Orders applicable to the following Bill have been complied with:
London Passenger Transport Board.
Also the Certificate that no further Standing Orders are applicable to the following Bill:
Post Office (Sites).
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
Report from, That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Petition for the following Bill:
Stanmore Unused Burial Ground ought to be dispensed with, and leave given to introduce the Bill: Read, and agreed to.

STANMORE UNUSED BURIAL GROUND BILL, [H.L.]
Presented (pursuant to leave given this day), and read 1a.
Report from His Majesty's Attorney-General received, and ordered to lie on the Table.

SAINT BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL BILL, [H.L.]
Report from the Select Committee, that it is not expedient to proceed further with the Bill; read, and ordered to lie on the Table.

BRADFORD EXTENSION BILL.
Report from the Committee of Selection, That the following Lords be proposed to the House to form the Select Committee for the consideration of the said Bill; namely:

E. Haddington,

E. Yarborough,

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L. Derwent,

L. Carnock (Chairman),

L. Woodbridge:

Agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly. The Committee to meet on Tuesday, the 21st of June next, at eleven o'clock; and all Petitions referred to the Committee, with leave to the Petitioners praying to be heard by Counsel against the Bill to be heard as desired, as also Counsel for the Bill.

CATTLE (IMPORT REGULATION) REVOCATION ORDER, 1938.
Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Special 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; that they comply with the terms of the Livestock Industry Act, 1937, under which the Order is submitted; that the Order is not founded on precedent; 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.
AIR NAVIGATION (LICENSING OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT), ORDER, 1938.
Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that they have considered a Memorandum by the Secretary of State for Air; that in their opinion the provisions of the Order raise important questions of policy and principle; that the Order is not founded on precedent; 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 the Motion that an humble Address be presented to His Majesty praying that an Order be made in the terms of the draft: Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.