NUMERICAL

Sess. No.

LIST OF BILLS, 1924-25

1-[Dec. 10.] Expiring Laws Continuance

Bill to continue certain expiring laws.

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2-[Dec. 10.] Agricultural Rates (Additional Grant) Con-
tinuance
Bill to continue in force for one year the Agricultural
Rates Act, 1923, to continue for so long as the said
Act remains in force the charge on the Consolidated
Fund of the additional annual grants payable there-
under, and to amend the said Act in its application
to the Isles of Scilly.
3-[Dec. 10.] Canals (Continuance of Charging Powers)
Bill to provide for the continuance of charging powers
in respect of canal or inland navigation undertakings
of which possession was retained or taken by the
Minister of Transport under the Ministry of Trans-
port Act, 1919.

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4-[Dec. 10.] Buckhaven and Methil Burgh Order Confirmation

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Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating
to Buckhaven and Methil Burgh.

5-[Dec. 10.] Ministry of Health Provisional Order Con-
firmation (Blackpool Order) [H.L.]

Bill intituled an Act to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to Blackpool. 6 [Dec. 11.] Law of Property (Amendment) [H.L.] Bill intituled an Act to amend the Law of Property Act, 1922, and the enactments thereby affected, and to facilitate the consolidation of the law relating to conveyancing and property, settled land, trustees, the registration of pending actions, annuities, writs, orders, deeds of arrangement and land charges, the administration of estates, the registration of title to land and university and college estates. 7-[Dec. 10.] Anglo-Italian Treaty (East African Territories)

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Bill to approve a Treaty between His Majesty and the
King of Italy.

8-[Dec. 11.] Westlothian (Bathgate District) Water Order
Confirmation

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Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating
to Westlothian (Bathgate District) Water.

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11.] Glasgow Corporation Order Confirmation [H.L.]

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Bill intituled an Act to confirm a Provisional Order
under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland)
Act, 1899, relating to Glasgow Corporation. Brought
from the Lords 11th December, 1924.

10 [Dec. 11.] Law of Property Act (Postponement) [H.L.]
Bill intituled an Act to postpone the coming into
operation of the Law of Property Act, 1922, until
the first day of January, nineteen hundred and
twenty-six.

11-[Dec. 11.] China Indemnity (Application)

59459

Bill to make further provision for the application
of money paid on account of the China Indemnity.

I. 933

I. 147

I. 357

I. 329

III. 65

II. 561

I. 211

V. 425

I. 1097

II. 917

I. 365

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II. 357

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12-[Dec. 12.] Irish Free State Land Purchase (Loan
Guarantee)
Bill to authorise the Treasury to guarantee a loan
to be raised by the Government of the Irish Free
State for the purposes of Land Purchase in that
State.

13 [Dec. 15.] Northern Ireland Land

Bill to amend the Law relating to the Occupation
and Ownership of Land in Northern Ireland; and
for other purposes relating thereto.

14-[Dec. 18.] Dumfries and Maxwelltown Bridge Order
Confirmation

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Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating
to Dumfries and Maxwelltown Bridge.

15-[Dec. 18.] Ancient Monuments Preservation Order Con

firmation

Bill to confirm a Preservation Order of the Com-
missioners of Works under the Ancient Monuments
Consolidation and Amendment Act, 1913, in relation
to the Earthworks in the parish of Colchester in the
County of Essex.

16-[Dec. 18.] Importation of Pedigree Animals

Bill to amend the law with respect to the landing
in Great Britain of pedigree animals brought from
His Majesty's dominions.

17-[Dec. 18.] Church of Scotland (Property and Endow-
ments)

Bill to amend the law relating to Teinds and to the Stipends of Ministers of the Church of Scotland, and the tenure of the Property and Endowments of that Church, and for purposes connected therewith. 18-[Dec. 19.] British Sugar (Subsidy). ...

Bill to provide for the payment of a subsidy in respect
of sugar
and molasses manufactured in Great
Britain during a period of ten years beginning on
the first day of October, nineteen hundred and
twenty-four, from beet grown in Great Britain and
to charge a duty of excise on sugar and molasses
manufactured in Great Britain and Northern
Ireland from beet grown in those countries.

19-[Dec. 19.] War Charges (Validity)

III. 507

I. 793

I. 207

II. 339

I. 371

I. 305

V. 385

Bill to make valid certain charges imposed and levies
made during the late War.

20-[Feb. 11.] Wireless Telegraphy and Signalling

V. 607

Bill to re-enact and amend the law relating to wireless
telegrahpy, and to make provision with respect to
visual and sound signalling, and the use of etheric
waves for the transmission of energy.

21-[Feb. 12.] Dundee Corporation and Water and Gas Order
Confirmation

Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private
Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899 relating
to Dundee Corporation and Water and Gas.

22-[Feb. 13.] Marriages Provisional Order ...

Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of His
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under the
Marriages Validity (Provisional Orders) Acts, 1905
and 1924.

I. 819

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NUMERICAL LIST OF BILLS, 1924-25

23 [Feb. 13.] Workmen's Compensation

Bill to amend the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923. 24-[Feb. 13.] Representation of the People...

Bill to assimilate the parliamentary franchises for men
and women, and to reduce the qualifying age for
the university and local government franchises for

women.

25-[Feb. 13.] Trade Union (Political Fund)

Bill to amend the law relating to the raising and
application of funds by trade unions for political
purposes, and for other matters incidental thereto.

26-[Feb. 13.] Summer Time

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Bill to provide for the permanent adoption of summer
time.

27-[Feb. 13.] Allotments

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Bill to facilitate the acquisition and maintenance of
allotments, and to make further provision for the
security of tenure of tenants of allotments.

28-[Feb. 13.] Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) ...

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I. 491

Bill to amend the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act,
1912.

29-[Feb. 13.] Adoption of Children

I. 127

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Bill to make further provision for the adoption of
children by suitable persons.

30-[Feb. 13.] Seeds Act (1920) Amendment

IV. 673

Bill to amend the Seeds Act, 1920.

31-[Feb. 13.] Hours of Industrial Employment...

Bill to limit the hours of work in industrial under-
takings.

Amendment

IV. 413

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32-[Feb. 13.]-Representation of the People Act (1918)

Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act,
1918, in respect of absent voters.

33-[Feb. 13.] Building Materials (Charges and Supply) ...
Bill to prevent excessive charges for building materials,
and to make provision for securing an adequate
supply of such materials, and for other purposes
incidental thereto.

34-[Feb. 13.] Prevention of Unemployment

Bill to make provision for the prevention of unemploy-
ment, to provide for the proper treatment of unem-
ployed persons, and for other purposes connected
therewith.

35-[Feb. 13.] Abolition of Capital Punishment

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Bill to provide for the abolition of capital punishment, and to substitute other punishments therefor, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. 36-[Feb. 13.] Employment of Disabled Ex-Service Men Bill to make the employment of ex-service men disabled by wounds in the service of their King and Country compulsory.

37-[Feb. 13.] Co-partnership

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Bill to promote the more general adoption of co-partner-
ship between Capital and Labour by statutory and
other companies.

I. 347

III. 705

I. 1

I. 917

1. 611

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38-[Feb. 13.] Public Health

Bill to amend the Public Health Acts, 1875 to 1907,
and the Baths and Washhouses Acts, 1846 to 1899,
in respect of matters for which provision is commonly
made in local Acts, and for other purposes relating
to the public health.

39-[Feb. 13.] Blind Persons

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Bill to amend the Blind Persons Act, 1920. 40-[Feb. 13.] Local Authorities (Enabling)

Bill to extend the powers of local authorities in matters
of finance and municipal trading

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III. 733

I. 917

II. 965

Teaching to

IV. 667

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41-[Feb. 13.] Seditious and Blasphemous
Children
Bill to prevent the teaching of seditious and
blasphemous doctrines and methods to children; and
for other purposes connected therewith.

42-[Feb. 13.] Vinegar

Bill to prevent the fraudulent sale of liquids or products
made in imitation of and purporting to be vinegar.

43-[Feb. 13.] Rating of Machinery

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Bill to amend the law relating to hereditaments con-
taining machinery.

44--[Feb. 13.] Rural Cottages

Bill to provide housing accommodation for agricul-
tural workers.

45-[Feb. 13.] Sale of Food and Drugs Act (1875) Amendment
Bill to amend the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 1875,
by regulating the liability of milk producers in
respect of milk adulteration.

46-[Feb. 13.] Nationalisation of Mines and Minerals
Bill to nationalise the Mines and Minerals of Great
Britain, and to provide for the national winning,
distribution, and sale of coal and other minerals,
and for other purposes connected therewith. [Nor
PRINTED.]

47-[Feb. 13.] Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act (1919)
Amendment

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Bill to amend the law with respect to disqualifica-
tion on account of sex. [NOT PRINTED.]

48-[Feb. 13.] Renewal of Leases

Bill to make provision with respect to the renewal of
leases and other contracts of tenancy, and for
purposes connected therewith.

49 [Feb. 13.] Rating

Bill to make provision with respect to the rating of
the owners and lessees of unoccupied houses, and
for purposes connected therewith.

50 [Feb. 13.] Licensing (Wales)

IV. 465

IV. 491

III. 505

IV. 805

IV. 345

IV. 5

II. 953

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Bill to amend the law relating to licensing in Wales
and Monmouthshire.

III. 467

Bill to prohibit advertising and circularising by regis-
tered moneylenders. [NOT PRINTED.]

52-[Feb. 13.] Bastardy

I. 263

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51-[Feb. 13.] Moneylenders' Restriction

Bill to amend the Bastardy Laws, and to make
further and better provision with regard to bastard
children; and for other purposes in connection
therewith.

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53-[Feb. 13.] Rating of Land Values

Bill to provide for the valuation of land and for the
rating of Land Values; and for other purposes
connected therewith. [NOT PRINTED.]

54-[Feb. 13.] Dramatic and Musical Performers' Protection
Bill to prevent unauthorised reproductions of dramatic
and musical performances.

55-[Feb. 13.] Rabbits and Rooks...

IV. 305

I. 785

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IV. 1

Bill to enable Local Authorities in certain cases to
provide for the destruction of Rabbits and Rooks.

56 [Feb. 13.] Performing Animals

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Bill to regulate the Exhibition and training of Perform-
ing Animals. [NOT PRINTED.]

57—[Feb. 13.] Guardianship of Infants

III. 591

I. 1179

Bill to amend the Law with respect to the Guardian-
ship, Custody and Marriage of Infants.

58-[Feb. 13.] Borough Councillors (Alteration of Number) Bill to make provision with respect to the number or councillors of boroughs, and metropolitan boroughs, and matters incidental thereto.

59-[Feb. 13.] Poor Law Emergency Provisions Continuance (Scotland)

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Bill to extend further the duration of the Poor Law
Emergency Provisions (Scotland) Act, 1921, and to
amend certain provisions of that Act as amended by
the Local Authorities (Emergency Provisions) Act,
1923, and the Poor Law Emergency Provisions Con-
tinuance (Scotland) Act, 1924.

60-[Feb. 13.] Public Health (Scotland) Amendment

Bill to authorise local authorities under the Public
Health (Scotland) Act, 1897, to make arrangements
for providing medicines and treatment to persons
suffering from diabetes, and for purposes connected
therewith.

61-[Feb. 13.] Agricultural Returns

Bill to facilitate the preparation of Agricultural
Statistics

62-[Feb. 16.] Elizabeth Fry Refuge and Refuge for the
Destitute

Bill to confirm a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners
for the application or management of the Charities
in the county of London called or known as the
Elizabeth Fry Refuge and the Refuge for the
Destitute.

63-[Feb. 16.] Offices Regulation

I. 297

III. 699

III. 841

I. 149

I. 903

III. 569

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Bill to regulate offices and the employment of young
persons therein; and for other purposes connected
therewith.

64-[Feb. 16.] Former Enemy Aliens (Disabilities Removal)
Bill to repeal certain enactments imposing disabilities
on former enemy aliens.

65-[Feb. 17.] William Preston Idemnity

Bill to indemnify and relieve William Preston, Esquire
from any penal consequences which he may have
incurred or suffered by sitting or voting as a member
of the House of Commons during a time when he was
executing, holding or enjoying a contract, agreement
or commission made or entered into with the Post-
master-General, and for purposes incidental thereto.

I. 1091

V. 603