ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) BILL. Clause 1, further considered. Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 8, after the word "of," to insert the words "the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and of "-(Mr. Attlee).-Question again proposed, "That those words be there inserted." Brig.-Gen. Sir Henry Page Sir Sydney Henn Croft Colonel Crookshank Sir Philip Dawson Mr. Ellis Captain Holt Mr. Hopkinson Mr. Robert Hudson Sir George Hume Mr. Lamb Mr. Looker Noes-(continued). Sir Murdoch Macdonald Sir Mervyn Manningham- Sir John Marriott Mr. Stephen Mitchell Sir Douglas Newton Sir Charles Wilson Mr. Hilton Young Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 10, to leave out the word "Central"-(Mr. Balfour).- Question proposed, "That the word Central' stand part of the Clause." Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 11, after the word "chairman," to insert the words "who shall be an experienced lawyer "-(Mr. Grant).-Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted." Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 11, to leave out the word "seven," in order to insert the word "four"-(Mr. Grant), - instead thereof.-Question proposed, "That the word 'seven' stand part of the Clause." Debate arising: Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Committee do now adjourn "-(Mr. Hartshorn). Motion and Question, by leave, withdrawn. Question again proposed, "That the word 'seven' stand part of the Clause.' Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Adjourned till Tuesday next, at 11 o'clock. Tuesday, 4th May, 1926. MEMBERS PRESENT: Sir ROBERT SANDERS in the Chair. Lord Apsley Lieut.-Colonel Ashley Mr. Attorney-General Mr. Balfour Mr. Burman Mr. Clarry Mr. Dennison Mr. Ellis Viscount Elveden Lieut.-Colonel Gault Major Glyn Mr. Grant Mr. David Grenfell Mr. Grotrian Lt.-Col. Sir Frederick Hall Mr. Hanbury Mr. Hannon Mr. Hardie Mr. Hartshorn Sir Sydney Henn Captain Holt Mr. Hopkinson Mr. Robert Hudson Mr. Kelly Mr. Lansbury Mr. Looker Sir Murdoch Macdonald Mr. McIntyre Sir Mervyn ManninghamBuller Sir John Marriott Lt.-Col. Moore-Brabazon Mr. Trevelyan Thomson ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) BILL. Motion made, and Question, "That the Committee do now adjourn "--(Mr. Attorney-General),—put, and agreed to. [Adjourned sine die. Tuesday, 18th May, 1926. MEMBERS PRESENT: Sir ROBERT SANDERS in the Chair. Mr. Albert Alexander Mr. Ernest Alexander Mr. Attorney-General Mr. Barclay-Harvey Mr. Cadogan Mr. Clarry Viscount Elveden Lieut.-Colonel Gault Major Glyn Mr. Gosling Mr. Grant Mr. Grotrian Lt.-Col. Sir Frederick Hall Mr. Hanbury Mr Hannon Mr. Hardie Mr. Harmsworth Marquess of Hartington Mr. Robert Hudson Mr. Lamb Mr. Lansbury Mr. Looker Sir Murdoch Macdonald Sir Mervyn Manningham- Sir John Marriott Mr. Waddington Brigadier-General Warner Mr. Thomas Williams Mr. Womersley ELECTRICITY (SUPPLY) BILL. Clause 1, further considered. Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 12, to leave out the words "Minister of Transport," in order to insert the words "Lord Chancellor after consultation with the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, the Association of Municipal Corporations, the Incorporated Association of Electric Power Companies, and the Provincial Electric Supply Committee "-(Mr. Balfour),— instead thereof.-Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause." Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Another Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 12, at the end, to insert the words " and two other members representing labour appointed by the Minister of Transport after consultation with the Minister of Labour ". -(Mr. Dennison).-Question proposed, "That those words be there inserted." Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Amendment made, in page 1, line 12, at the end, by inserting the words "after consultation with such representatives or bodies representative of the following interests as the Minister thinks fit, that is to say, local government, electricity, commerce, industry, transport, and labour "-(Sir Philip Dawson). Another Amendment proposed, after the words last inserted, to insert the words : "(2) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed or being chairman or a member of the Board |