The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Churchill, Man-
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House disapproves of
engine drivers, firemen, guards, and other classes of railway employees
being compelled to be on duty during excessive hours and being
allowed but short intervals of rest, and urges upon the Government
the necessity of applying more vigorously The Railway Regulation
(Hours of Labour) Act, 1893, and, if this is inefficient, to prepare an
Amendment to the Act."-(Mr. William Edwin Harvey.)
"In line 4, to leave out from the word 'Government,' to the
end of the Question, and to add the words the necessity of amending
The Railway Regulation (Hours of Labour) Act, 1893, providing for a
HOUSE OF LORDS: THURSDAY, 7TH MARCH, 1907.
The Right Hon. Sir RICHARD HENN COLLINS, late Master of the Rolls, having
been appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary under the provisions of the
Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876, with the dignity of a Baron for life, by
the s yle and title of Baron Collins of Kensington, in the county of London,
was (in the usual manner) introduced ..
The LORD CHANCELLOR acquainted the House, That the Clerk of the Parliaments
had laid upon the Table the Certificates from the Examiners that the
Standing Orders applicable to the following Bills have been complied with :
General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Limited; Renfrew-
shire Upper District (Eastwood and Mearns) Water Electric Supply Corpora-
tion; Royal Bank of Scotland; Glasgow Corporation; Aberdeen Corporation;
Electric Supply Corporation (No. 2).
The same were ordered to lie on the Table ..
Standing Orders Committee-Report from, that the Standing Orders
not complied with in respect of the Barry Railway Bill ought to be dis-
pensed with, provided that the powers to take the waters of the streams
known as the Rhydwaedlyd, the Nant-cwm-Nofydd, and the Nant-y-
Briwnant be struck out of the Bill.
That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Rawten-
stall Corporation Bill ought to be dispensed with, provided that the powers
to construct Tramways Nos. 10, 11, and 11A be struck out of the Bill: And
That the Standing Orders not complied with in respect of the Cavehill
and Whitewell Tramways Bill [H.L.] ought to be dispensed with, and the
Bill be allowed to proceed.
Buckhaven Dock Bill [H.L.].-Presented; read 1; and referred to the
Examiners..
King Edward's Hospital Fund for London Bill [H.L.].-Report from His
Majesty's Attorney-General received, and ordered to lie on the Table
Barnsley, Wombwell, and Wath Tramways Bill [H.L.]; Alexandra (Newport
and South Wales) Docks and Railway (General Powers) Bill; London
County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Bill; Boston Spa Gas Bill;
South-Eastern and London, Chatham and Dover Railways Bill; Simon-
Carves Bye-Product Coke Oven Construction and Working Company,
Limited (Petition for Bill). The Order of yesterday referring the Examin-
er's certificates of non-compliance with the Standing Orders to the Standing
Orders Committee, discharged; and the said certificates referred to the
Standing Orders Committee on Thursday next.
Kendal Corporation Bill [H.L.].-Read 2 (according to order), and com-
mitted; The Committee to be proposed by the Committee of Selection
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