REPORT.

STANDING COMMITTEE B, to whom the PUBLIC HEALTH (SMOKE ABATEMENT) BILL [Lords] was referred;-Have gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto.

PUBLIC HEALTH (SMOKE ABATEMENT)
BILL [LORDS].

Clause 1.

Amendment proposed, in page 1, lines 10 and 11, to leave out the words "not being the chimney of a private dwellinghouse"-(Mr. Scurr).-Question proposed, "That the words. proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause."

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

(Mr.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 11, after the word "forth," to insert the word "black" Herbert Williams). - Question, "That the word 'black be there inserted,"-put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 11, after the word "smoke," to insert the words "of the standard prescribed by any Provisional Order made by the Ministry -(Mr. Herbert Williams).-Question, "That those words be there inserted,"-put, and negatived.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 19, to leave out the word "soot "-(Lieut.-Commander Astbury). -Question proposed, "That the word 'soot' stand part of the Clause.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, lines 19 and 20, to leave out the words "ash, grit, and gritty particles" ·(Lieut.-Commander Astbury).—Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause."The Committee divided :—

Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 22, to leave out the word "fifty," in order to insert the word "ten (Mr. Herbert Williams),-instead thereof.-Question, "That the wordfifty' stand part of the Clause,"-put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 2, line 6, to leave out paragraph (e)-(Mr. Cluse).-Question, "That the words. proposed to be left out down to the word 'and,' in line 11, stand part of the Clause,"--put, and agreed to.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 2, line 11, after the word "metals," to insert the words "the calcining of minerals in the manufacture of cement "-(Mr. Albery). Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted." Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 2, line 11, to leave out all the words from the word "metals" to the end of line 13.-Question put, "That the words proposed to be left out down to the word 'Provisional,' in line 12, stand part of the Clause."-The Committee divided:

[Adjourned till Tuesday next, at Eleven o'clock.

Tuesday, 23rd November, 1926.

MEMBERS PRESENT:

In the absence of Major Sir RICHARD BARNETT, Mr. SHORT

PUBLIC HEALTH (SMOKE ABATEMENT)
BILL [LORDS].

Clause 1, further considered.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 2, line 13, to leave out the word "industrial," in order to insert the word "similar"-(Colonel Sir Arthur Holbrook),—instead thereof. Question, "That the word 'industrial' stand part of the Clause,”-put, and agreed to.

Amendment made, in page 2, line 20, at the end, by inserting the words:-

"An order made under this sub-section for including any process amongst the processes specified in section three hundred and thirty-four of the Act or for excluding any process therefrom may contain conditions and limitations subject to which the inclusion or exclusion is to take effect"-(Mr. Neville Chamberlain).

Another Amendment proposed, in page 3, line 7, to leave out the word "twenty-five," in order to insert the word "ten "-(Mr. Herbert Williams),-instead thereof.—Question proposed, "That the word 'twenty-five' stand part of the Clause."

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 3, line 10, to leave out sub-section (3)-(Mr. Scurr).—Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out down to the word it,' in line 12, stand part of the Clause."

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Another Amendment proposed, in page 3, line 12, after the word 'nuisance,' to insert the words "the onus of proof shall be on the local authority to show not only that a nuisance has been committed, but that, having regard to the cost and to the local conditions and circumstances, the person charged has not used the best practicable means for preventing the nuisance, and"-(Lieut.-Commander Astbury).-Question, "That those words be there inserted," -put, and negatived.