Lords Report of 18 February 1941

DERWENT VALLEY WATER BILL. [H.L.]
The CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES informed the House that the promoters do not intend to proceed further with the Bill: Ordered, That the Bill he not further proceeded with.
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 Bills have been complied with:
Camborne Water [H.L.].
Mid-Southern Utility [H.L.].
Portsmouth Water [H.L.].
The same were ordered to lie on the Table.

LEICESTER GAS ORDER, 1941. GRAMPIAN ELECTRICITY (ARGYLL) ORDER, 1941.
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.

COAL (VALUATION PROCEDURE) RULES, 1941.
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 Order raises important questions of policy and principle, which were accepted by the House when they passed the Coal Act, 1938; that the Order is founded on precedent inasmuch as similar Rules were approved by the House in December, 1938; 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.