The Matlocks Urban District Council Bill (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Alfred Wrigley sworn and examined. Mr. Arthur Collins recalled and further examined. Mr. Ernest Randle and Mr. William Noel Radford sworn and examined. London County Council (General Powers) Bill. Counsel: Hon. Evan Charteris, K.C., Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C., and Mr. F. T. Villiers Bayly. Agents: Messrs. Dyson, Bell and Co. Preamble read the first time. Reports from the Ministry of Health, the Home Office and the Ministry of Transport were read. The following Petitions against the Bill were read: (1) Improved Industrial Dwellings Company: : Counsel: Rt. Hon. H. P. Macmillan, K.C., and Mr. F. N. Keen. (2) Artizans, Labourers and General Dwellings Company: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (3) Peabody Donation Fund: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (4) National Model Dwellings Company: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (5) Victoria Dwellings Association : Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (6) Tenements Dwellings Company: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (7) Quinn's Buildings: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (8) Metropolitan Association for improving the Dwellings of the In dustrial Classes: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (9) East End Dwellings Company : Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (10) Metropolitan Industrial Dwellings Company: Counsel: Reserved. Agents Messrs. Rees and Freres. (11) Soho, Clerkenwell and General Industrial Dwellings Company: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (12) National Dwellings Society: Counsel: Reserved. Agents Messrs. Rees and Freres. (13) Wentworth Dwellings Company: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (14) Ernest James Brown: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (15) Trustees of the Will of William Richard Sutton : Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (16) Trustees of the Samuel Lewis Trust for Dwellings for the Poor : Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (17) Reverend Claude Valentine Gee. Counsel: Reserved. Agents Messrs. Rees and Freres. (18) Mabel Mary Ley: Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (19) Guinness Trust (London Fund): Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (20) Hendon Urban District Council: Counsel: Mr. Bernard Campion, K.C., and Mr. C. H. Cahn. (21) Arthur Augustus Heron : Counsel: Reserved. Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. The Matlocks Urban District Council Bill (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Arthur Collins and Mr. Richard Taylor recalled and further examined. to. New Clauses brought up, amended, and agreed to. Preamble read a second time and amended. Question, That the Preamble, as amended, is proved, put and agreed Title amended and agreed to. Consideration of Report postponed till To-morrow. London County Council (General Powers) Bill (continued). Clause 56 (Lighting of staircases of tenement buildings). Honourable Evan Charteris, K.C., was heard in support of the Clause, and called evidence. Mr. Frank Hunt, and Mr. X, who was allowed by the Committee to remain anonymous, sworn and examined. Further consideration of Clause 56 postponed. The Matlocks Urban District Council Bill (continued). Report read and agreed to. Ordered, To Report. London County Council (General Powers) Bill (continued). Part VI (Regulation of Street Trading). Honourable Evan Charteris, K.C., was heard in support of Part VI, and called evidence. Sir John Hunt, Mr. Ernest Charles Freeman, Mr. William Henry Fordham, and Mr. Henry Idlington sworn and examined. The Chairman stated that the Committee proposed to call for evidence from certain costers who objected to the provisions of the Bill. Mr. Wilson Clarke and Mr. Philip Freeman sworn and examined. Mr. Ernest Charles Freeman recalled and further examined. Mr. Joseph Hunter sworn and examined. Room cleared. The Committee deliberated. Question, That so much of the Preamble as relates to Part VI of the Bill (Regulation of Street Trading) is proved, put and agreed to. Parties called in and informed of the decision of the Committee. The Chairman stated that the Committee, in addition to sanctioning the principle of the licensing of Street Traders, desired to make the following general recommendations: First, that the licensing should be uniform throughout the Metropolitan area, which could best be obtained by a set of Model Bye-laws drawn up by the Home Office. Secondly, that the organisation and charges for cleansing should be, if possible, uniform. Thirdly, that while entirely agreeing that in the case of perishable goods the licensing should be of the strictest, they consider that much greater latitude should in general be allowed in the number of commodities any one man may be licensed to sell. Consideration of Clause 56 (Lighting of staircases of tenement buildings) resumed. The opposition to the Clause was withdrawn. Question, That Clause 56 stand part of the Bill, put and agreed to. Other Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Mervyn Macartney and Dr. Willoughby Willoughby sworn and examined. [Adjourned till Tuesday next at 11 o'clock. London County Council (General Powers) Bill (continued). Clause 55 (Provision by Council and Borough Councils in connection with housing accommodation of buildings for commercial purposes). Honourable Evan Charteris, K.C., was heard in support of the Clause, and called evidence. Mr. Frank Hunt recalled and further examined. Mr. Bernard Campion, K.C., was heard in support of the Petition of the Hendon Urban District Council against the Clause. Room cleared. The Committee deliberated. Clause 55 was amended. Question, That Clause 55, as amended, stand part of the Bill, put and agreed to. Parties called in and informed of the decision of the Committee. Mr. Percy Hayman Gray, Mr. Alfred Chamings, and Mr. Bruce Penny sworn and examined. New Clauses brought up, amended, and agreed to. Further evidence was heard in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Mr. H. Martyn Hooke sworn and examined. Preamble read a second time. Question, That the Preamble is proved, put and agreed to. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. London County Council (General Powers) Bill (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. Consideration of Report adjourned till To-morrow. Chepping Wycombe Corporation Bill. Counsel: Rt. Hon. H. P. Macmillan, K.C., Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C., and Mr. Jacques Abady. Agents: Messrs. Sharpe, Pritchard and Co. Preamble read the first time. Reports from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the AttorneyGeneral, the Ministry of Health, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Transport were read. The following Petitions against the Bill were read :— (1) Thames Valley Traction Company : Counsel: Mr. F. J. Wrottesley, K.C., and Mr. Ralph Bury. (2) Marlow and District Motor Services: Agents: Messrs. Rees and Freres. (3) Conservators of the River Thames : Counsel: Mr. F. J. Wrottesley, K.C., and Mr. H. G. Purchase. (4) Buckingham County Council, and others: Counsel: Mr. W. E. Tyldesley Jones, K.C., and Mr. Szlumper. (5) Major C. R. Disraeli and others. Counsel: Mr. F. J. Wrottesley, K.C., and Mr. Arthur Moon. (6) County of Buckingham Standing Joint Committee: Counsel: Mr. W. E. Tyldesley Jones, K.C., and Mr. Szlumper. (7) West Wycombe Estate: Counsel: Mr. F. J. Wrottesley, K.C., and Mr. Arthur Moon. (8) City of Oxford Motor Services: Counsel: Mr. F. T. Villiers Bayly. Agents Messrs. Lees and Co. (9) London General Omnibus Company: Counsel: Sir Lynden Macassey, K.C., Mr. W. E. Tyldesley Agents: Messrs. Baxter and Co. Mr. Abady called evidence in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Further consideration of the Preamble postponed. Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Ralph Alan Janes, Mr. Sydney Young, Mr. Arthur Collins, Mr. Thomas John Rushbrooke, and Mr. Lawrence Chadwick sworn examined. Mr. Philip Beilby Beecroft recalled and further examined. Captain Bourne. and [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. THURSDAY, 24th MARCH, 1927. Members Present: Mr. RAINE in the Chair. Sir Thomas Davies. Sir Robert Newman. Sir Charles Wilson. |