SUMMARY JURISDICTION (SEPARATION AND MAINTENANCE) BILL. Clauses 1-4, agreed to. Clause 5. Amendment made, in page 2, by leaving out lines 30 to 36, inclusive (Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson). Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause 6, agreed to. Clause 7. Amendment made, in page 3, line 26, at the end, by adding the words : "(3) This Act shall come into operation on the expiration of two months after the passing thereof "(Mr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson). Clause, as amended, agreed to. Ordered To Report the Bill, as amended, to the House. Printed under the authority of HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE FROM THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCOTTISH BILLS ON THE Town Councils (Scotland) Bill [Lords] WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE, Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 19th July, 1923. LONDON: PUBLISHED BY HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased through any Bookseller, or directly from YORK STREET, MANCHESTER; 1, ST. ANDREW'S CRESCENT, CARDIFF or 120, GEORGE STREET, EDINburgh, STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCOTTISH BILLS. TOWN COUNCILS (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS].—Read a second time, and committed to a Standing Committee on the 6th July, and allocated by Mr. Speaker to the Committee on the 9th July. The Committee was constituted as follows: Mr. PONSONBY, appointed Adamson, Mr. William Barrie, Sir Charles Benn, Captain Wedgwood *Burn, Colonel Sir Charles Chapman, Sir Samuel Collie, Sir John Collins, Sir Godfrey Cotts, Sir William Craik, Sir Henry Dudgeon, Major *Ede, Mr. * Chairman 12th July. Kirkwood, Mr. Law, Mr. Bonar Macdonald, Sir Murdoch Martin, Mr. Frederick Millar, Mr. Duncan Muir, Mr. Murnin, Mr. Murray, Lieut.-Col. Arthur Murray, Mr. Robert Nichol, Mr. Phillipps, Mr. Raeburn, Sir William *Rentoul, Mr. Robertson, Mr. John Added in respect of the Town Councils (Scotland) Bill [Lords].` REPORT. THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCOTTISH BILLS, to whom the TowN COUNCILS (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] was referred;-Have gone through the Bill and made Amendments thereunto. TOWN COUNCILS (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS]. Clause 1. Amendment proposed, in page 1, line 16, to leave out the word "or -(Mr. Asquith).-Question, "That the word 'or' stand part of the Clause,"-put, and negatived. Another Amendment made, in page 1, line 17, after the word "Greenock," by inserting the words "or Paisley "(Mr. Asquith). Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 2-6, agreed to. New Clause ("Amendment of s. 52 of 63 and 64 Vic., c. 49")-(Mr. Solicitor-General for Scotland),-brought up, and read the first and second time, and added to the Bill. Another New Clause ("Hours of polling ") brought up, and read the first time as follows: "The hours of polling shall be from eight a.m. until 9 p.m."-(Mr. Kirkwood). Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause be read a second time." Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. Ordered To Report the Bill, as amended, to the House. Printed under the authority of HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE |