REPORT. STANDING COMMITTEE D, to whom the RAILWAY FIRES ACT (1905) AMENDMENT BILL was referred; --Have gone through the Bill and made an Amendment thereunto. 9th May, 1923. STANDING COMMITTEE D. Wednesday, 9th May, 1923. MEMBERS PRESENT: Sir NEVILLE JODRELL in the Chair. Mr. Ernest Alexander Sir Frederick Banbury Col. Sir Arthur Holbrook Mr. Lamb Mr. Cyril Lloyd Mr. Lorimer Mr. Thomas Loyd Lieut.-Colonel Rhodes Richardson Mr. Tom Smith Mr. George Spencer Mr. Whiteley Mr. Murrough Wilson Lieut.-Col. Windsor-Clive RAILWAY FIRES ACT (1905) AMENDMENT BILL. Clause 1. Amendment proposed, in page 1, lines 8 and 9, to leave out the words "two hundred," in order to insert the words "one hundred and twenty-five "-(Sir Frederick Banbury),—instead thereof.-Question, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Clause,"―put, and agreed to. Amendment made, in page 1, line 15, by leaving out the word "fourteen" and and inserting the word "seven "-(Sir Frederick Banbury),—instead thereof. Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 3 and 4, agreed to. Ordered: To Report the Bill, with an amendment, to the House. Printed under the authority of HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE AND SPECIAL REPORT FROM STANDING COMMITTEE D ON THE RATING RETURNS BILL WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE. Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 12th 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, CARDIFE; or 120, GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH. STANDING COMMITTEE D. RATING RETURNS BILL.-Read a second time, and committed to a Standing Committee on the 20th April, allocated by Mr. Speaker to Standing Committee C on the 23rd April, and transferred to the Committee on the 15th May. The Committee was constituted as follows:- REPORT. STANDING COMMITTEE D, to whom the RATING RETURNS BILL was referred;-Have agreed to report the Bill, so far as amended, to the House. SPECIAL REPORT. STANDING COMMITTEE D,-Have agreed to the following Special Report : "That inasmuch as the operative Clauses of the Bill were struck out during the consideration of the Bill in Committee, your Committee cannot with advantage proceed further with its consideration." |