Lords Report of 17 December 1940

SUNDAY ENTERTAINMENTS ACT, 1932.
Orders made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section I of the Act to the

Urban District of Horncastle;

Borough of Louth;

Urban District of Wellington (Salop);

Urban District of New Hunstanton;

Urban District of Oadby;

City of Bath;

Borough of Stourbridge;

Borough of Abergavenny.

Laid before the House (pursuant to Act) for affirmative Resolution and ordered to lie on the Table.

CENTRAL (COAL MINES) SCHEME (AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1940.
Report from the Special Orders Committee, That they have examined the Special Order as required by the Standing Orders of the House; that they have received and considered the Report from the Mines Department; that in their opinion the Order raises important questions of policy and principle; that the Order is not founded on precedent although an Order has already been sub-
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mitted for the approval of Parliament under the Coal Mines Act, 1930, which was of a different character; 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 Special Order.
Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.

HAYWARDS HEATH GAS ORDER, 1940.

  WESSEX (NORTH BASINGSTOKE) ELECTRICITY ORDER, 1940.
  Report from the Special Orders Committee. That no Petitions have been presented praying to be heard against the Special Orders, and that there is nothing in these Orders to which they think it necessary to call the attention of the House.
  Read, and ordered to lie on the Table.

CHARTERED AND OTHER BODIES (METHODIST CHURCH) ORDER, 1940.
Draft of an Order under Section 2 (3) of the Chartered and Other Bodies (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1939:
Laid before the House (pursuant to Act) for affirmative Resolution and referred to the Special Orders Committee.