London County Council (General Powers) Bill (continued). Report read and agreed to. Ordered, To Report. Chepping Wycombe Corporation Bill (continued). Part II (Borough Extension). Rt. Hon. H. P. Macmillan, K.C., was heard in support of Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension), and called evidence. Mr. Arthur Collins and Mr. Ralph Alan Janes recalled and further examined. [Adjourned till Tuesday next at 11 o'clock. Chepping Wycombe Corporation Bill (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. Ralph Alan Janes recalled and further examined. Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Lincolnshire, Dr. Lewis William Reynolds, Dr. George Douglas King Bannerman, Mr. Lawrence Chadwick and Mr. Charles Abbott Gibson sworn and examined. Chepping Wycombe Corporation Bill (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. Charles Abbott Gibson and Mr. Thomas John Rushbrooke recalled and further examined. Mr. Godfrey Midgley Chassereau Taylor sworn and examined. Mr. F. J. Wrottesley, K.C., called evidence in support of the Petitions of Major C. R. Disraeli and others, and of the West Wycombe Estate, against Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension). Major Coningsby Disraeli and Captain Edwin Stanley Rex sworn and examined. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Chepping Wycombe Corporation Bill (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of the Petitions of Major C. R. Disraeli and others, and of the West Wycombe Estate, against Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension). Captain Edwin Stanley Rex recalled and further examined. Sir John Dashwood sworn and examined. Mr. F. J. Wrottesley, K.C., was heard in support of the Petitions of Major C. R. Disraeli and others, and of the West Wycombe Estate, against Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. Szlumper called evidence in support of the Petition of the Buckingham County Council and others against Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension). Mr. Sidney Richard Lowcock and Mr. Albert Edward Taplin sworn and examined. Mr. W. E. Tyldesley Jones, K.C., was heard in support of the Petition of the Buckingham County Council and others against Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension). [Adjourned till Tuesday next at I1 o'clock. Chepping Wycombe Corporation Bill (continued). Part II (Borough Extension) further considered. Question, That the Preamble so far as relates to Part II (Borough Extension) is proved, put, and agreed to. Rt. Hon. H. P. Macmillan, K.C., was heard in support of Part IV of the Bill (Omnibuses), and called evidence. Mr. Arthur Sidney Forward sworn and examined. Chepping Wycombe Corporation Bill (continued). Rt. Hon. H. P. Macmillan, K.C., stated that, by agreement with the opposition, Part IV of the Bill (Omnibuses) would be by leave withdrawn. Clause 37 A (As to rights in Kings Wood). Mr. Jacques Abady called evidence in support of the Clause. Mr. Philip Beilby Beecroft recalled and further examined. Mr. W. E. Tyldesley Jones, K.C., was heard in support of the Petition of the Buckingham County Council against Clause 37 A (As to rights in Kings Wood) and called evidence. Mr. Albert Edward Taplin recalled and further examined. Question, That Clause 37 A stand part of the Bill, put, and negatived. Other Clauses considered, amended, and agreed 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 to Title amended and agreed to. Report read and agreed to. Ordered, To Report the Bill to the House To-morrow, after it has been signed by the Chairman. TUESDAY, 3rd MAY, 1927. Members Present: [Adjourned sine die. Counsel: Rt. Hon. H. P. Macmillan, K.C., Mr. W. J. Jeeves, K.C., and Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald. Agents: Messrs. Dyson, Bell and Co. Preamble read the first time. Reports from the Attorney-General, the Ministry of Health, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Transport were read. Rt. Hon. H. P. Macmillan, K.C., called evidence in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Mr. John William Jackson sworn and examined. Further consideration of the Preamble postponed. Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Leslie Kingsford Osmond sworn and examined. Mr. John William Jackson recalled and further examined. Lieut.-Colonel W. A. Vignoles, Mr. John Christopher Whiteley, and Mr. Alfred Baker sworn and examined. Room cleared. The Committee deliberated. Question, That so much of the Preamble as relates to Part V is proved, put, and agreed to. Parties called in and informed of the decision of the Committee. Mr. John Stirling sworn and examined. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Grimsby Corporation Bill (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. New Clauses brought up, amended, and agreed to. Question, That the Preamble, as amended, is proved, put and agreed to. Ordered, To Report the Bill to the House To-morrow, after it has been signed by the Chairman. [Adjourned till Tuesday next at 11 o'clock. Counsel: Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C., Mr. F. J. Wrottesley, K.C., and Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald. Agents: Messrs. Sherwood and Co. Preamble read the first time. Reports from the Home Office, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport were read. The following Petition against the Bill was read: (1) Swansea Rural District Council: Counsel: Sir Lynden Macassey, K.C., and Rt. Hon. Sir J. Agents: Messrs. Sharpe, Pritchard and Co. Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C., called evidence in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Mr. Howell L. Lang-Coath sworn and examined. Further consideration of the Preamble postponed. Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Frank Hibbert and Mr. J. W. E. Binnie sworn and examined [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Swansea Corporation Bill (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Sir Lynden Macassey, K.C., stated that the opposition of the Swansea Rural District Council to the Bill would not, in the circumstances, be proceeded with. Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Howell L. Lang-Coath recalled and further examined. Mr. John Richard Heath, Dr. Thomas Evans, and Mr. Richard Dwyryd Roberts sworn and examined. to. Mr. Howell L. Lang-Coath recalled and further examined. Mr. R. A. Wetherall sworn and examined. Mr. Arthur Collins recalled and further examined. 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 Report read and agreed to. Ordered, To Report the Bill to the House on Tuesday next, after it has been signed by the Chairman. Adjourned sine die. Coventry Corporation Bill [Lords]. Counsel: Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C., and Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald. Agents: Messrs. Sharpe, Pritchard and Co. Preamble read the first time. |