Reports from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the AttorneyGeneral, the Board of Trade, the Home Office, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Transport were read. Mr. Rowand Harker, K.C., called evidence in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Mr. Frederick Smith sworn and examined. Further consideration of the Preamble postponed. Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Sydney Larkin sworn and examined. Clause 130 (Capital Fund). Mr. Arthur Collins recalled and further examined. Coventry Corporation Bill [Lords] (continued). Clause 130 (Capital Fund) further considered. Resolved, That this Committee will join with Section A for the further consideration of Clause 130 at some future date. Other Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Ernest Hone Ford sworn and examined. Mr. Frederick Smith and Mr. Ernest Hone Ford recalled and further examined. Mr. Thomas Ross Whitehead sworn and examined. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Coventry Corporation Bill [Lords] (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. Frederick Smith recalled and further examined. Mr. Frederick Aston Bullock and Mr. Henry Benjamin Sparks sworn and examined. Mr. Arthur Collins and Mr. Sydney Larkin recalled and further examined. Mr. Arthur Collins and Mr. Sydney Larkin recalled and further examined. Mr. Arthur Collins, Mr. Sydney Larkin, and Mr. Frederick Smith recalled and further examined. [Adjourned till Tuesday next at 11 o'clock. Coventry Corporation Bill [Lords] (continued). Clause 130 (Capital Fund) further considered. The Committee deliberated. Question, That Clause 130 stand part of the Bill, put and negatived. Resolved, That this Committee will take steps to promote a General Act, empowering Local Authorities to set up a Common Good Fund, for the reception and regulation of gifts made to their respective Corporations. The Members of Section A withdrew. Sir Walter Raine resumed the Chair. Parties called in and informed of the decision of the Committee. The Chairman stated that the Committee could not allow a surplus from Rates to be applied to anything other than the relief of subsequent Rates, while a surplus from Water, Gas, or Electricity was already satisfactorily provided for by existing Acts of Parliament. Therefore the Committee had declined to allow Clause 130. The Committee, however, were unanimously of the opinion that a case had been made out for the institution of a Common Good Fund to deal with gifts. But that this was not a matter peculiar to Coventry, and would be best dealt with by an Act of general application, which the Committee would endeavour to promote as soon as possible. Further consideration of this Bill postponed till Thursday. Aberdare Urban District Council Bill [Lords]. Agents: Messrs. Lees and Co. Preamble read the first time. Reports from the Ministry of Health and from the Ministry of Transport were read. Mr. Swallow, a Parliamentary Agent, called evidence in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Mr. William Morgan sworn and examined. Further consideration of the Preamble postponed. Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. James Scougal, Mr. Owen Williams, Mr. Walter Trevethan Hilder, and Mr. Abel Potter Thomas sworn and examined. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. to. Aberdare Urban District Council Bill [Lords] (continued). Clauses further considered, amended, and agreed to. Dr. John Llewellyn Pritchard sworn and examined. Question, That the Preamble, as amended, is proved, put and agreed Coventry Corporation Bill [Lords] (continued). Mr. Ernest Hone Ford recalled and further examined. Preamble read a second time. Question, That the Preamble is proved, put and agreed to. 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 till Tuesday, 5th July, at 11 o'clock. Counsel: Hon. Evan Charteris, K.C., Mr. Craig Henderson, K.C., and Mr. F. T. Villiers Bayly. 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, and also a Supplementary Report from the Ministry of Health were read. The following Petitions against the Bill were read: (1) Surrey County Council. Counsel: Sir Lynden Macassey, K.C., and Mr. Harold Agents: Messrs. Sherwood and Co. (2) National Poor Law Officers' Association and the National Association of Local Government Officers. (Against Alterations.) Counsel: Mr. W. J. Jeeves, K.C., and Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald. Hon. Evan Charteris, K.C., called evidence in support of the Preamble of the Bill. Mr. John Montagu Newnham sworn and examined. Further consideration of the Preamble postponed. Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Hon. Evan Charteris, K.C., was heard in support of Part II of the Bill (Borough Extension), and called evidence. Mr. Albert James Camden Field, Mr. Henry William Still, Reverend Gilbert Maxwell Scott, and Mr. George Fearnley Carter sworn and examined. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Croydon Corporation Bill [Lords] (continued). Further evidence was heard in support of Part II of the Bill (Boundary Extension). Mr. George Fearnley Carter recalled and further examined. Mr. William Cash sworn and examined. Mr. Harold Beveridge was heard in support of the Petition of the Surrey County Council against the Bill. Room cleared. The Committee deliberated. Question, That so much of the Preamble as relates to Part II of the Bill is proved, put and agreed to. Parties called in and informed of the decision of the Committee. Other Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. John Montagu Newnham recalled and further examined. Clause 52.-(Determination of Compensation.) Mr. Jeeves, K.C., was heard in support of the Petition of the National Poor Law Officers' Association and the National Association of Local Government Officers against alterations in the Bill. [Adjourned till To-morrow at 11 o'clock. Croydon Corporation Bill [Lords] (continued). Mr. Jeeves, K.C., was further heard in support of the Petition of the National Poor Law Officers' Association and the National Association of Local Government Officers against alterations in the Bill. Room cleared. The Committee deliberated. Question, That Clause 52 stand part of the Bill, put and negatived. Parties called in and informed of the decision of the Committee. Other Clauses considered, amended, and agreed to. Mr. George Fearnley Carter and Mr. John Montagu Newnham recalled and further examined. Dr. Henry Pratt Newsholme sworn and examined. Mr. John Montagu Newnham recalled and further examined. Mr. George Fearnley Carter and Mr. John Montagu Newnham 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 to. 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 till Thursday next, at 11 o'clock. Counsel: Sir Lynden Macassey, K.C., Mr. Jeeves, K.C., and Mr. Harold Beveridge. Agents. Messrs. Dyson, Bell and Company. Preamble read the first time. Reports from the Attorney-General, the Ministry of Health, the Home Office, and the Ministry of Transport, and also a Supplementary Report from the Home Office were read. The following Petitions against the Bill were read:(1) London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company: Counsel: Mr. Arthur Moon. Agents: Messrs. Beale and Company. |