Sitting of 15 March 1918

CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 1) BILL.
Brought from the Commons; read 1a; to be printed; and to be read 2a on Tuesday next (Lord Hylton), and Standing Order No. XXXIX to be considered in order to its being dispensed with.
PRIVATE BILLS.
[From Minutes of March 14.]

ST. OLAVE'S CHURCH, SOUTHWARK, BILL. [H.L.]
WEAR NAVIGATION AND SUNDERLAND DOCK BILL. [H.L.]
SHROPSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, AND STAFFORDSHIRE ELECTRIC POWER BILL. [H.L.]
GLOUCESTERSHIRE ELECTRIC POWER BILL. [H.L.]
YORKSHIRE ELECTRIC POWER BILL. [H.L.]
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 Bills; (viz.),

L. Monteagle (M. Sligo),

L. Carmichael,

L. Muir Mackenzie (Chairman),

L. Lambourne,

L. Armaghdale.

agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly: The Committee to meet on Wednesday the 10th of April 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 Bills to be heard as desired, as also Counsel for the Bills.

SLIGO CORPORATION.
Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Sligo, in the County of Sligo, praying for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the provisions for the local management of the Borough of Sligo, and to extend the rating powers of the Corporation of the Borough and to extend the power of the Corporation to borrow and re-borrow moneys, and to
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provide for the payment by the Corporation of the expenses incurred in meeting the demands of the County Council of the County of Sligo, and to confer on the Local Government Board for Ireland further powers of control in regard to the performance of their respective duties by the Corporation and the officers thereof, and to amend the provisions relating to the election and duration in office of the Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough, and for other purposes; together with a copy of the proposed Bill annexed thereto; read, and referred to the Examiners.

HARROD'S STORES BILL. [H.L.]
BRIXHAM GAS BILL. [H.L.]
Committee to meet on Tuesday next.

RAILWAY PASSENGERS ASSURANCE BILL. [H.L.]
Second Reading (which stands appointed for Tuesday the 26th instant) put off to Wednesday the 10th of April next.

PRIVATE LEGISLATION PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT, 1899.
Report from the Committee of Selection, that the Lords following be proposed to the House as the panel of Lords to act as Commissioners under the Act, viz.:

L. Stewart of Castle Stewart (E. Moray),

L. Lamington,

agreed to; and the said Lords appointed accordingly.