Examiners, The-continued.
referred (Commons), 725; (Lords), 841; compliance with conditions of standing orders committee, where proved before Examiners, 718. 792, n.; cases of private or provisional order bills referred to Examiners after being reported from committee, 830. 894, n.; duties of Examiners on provisional order bills, 863. 891-2.894, n.
Appointment of the Examiners to act under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scot- land) Act, 897. 899; to examine into compliance with the "general orders," 900.902. See also Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act. Exceptional Grants. See Grants of Supply.
Excess Grants. See Grants of Supply. Exchequer and Audit Departments Act; reports under, on public expen- diture, 597.
Exchequer Bills; issue of, now ob- viated, 592, n.
Exempted Business; from interrup-
tion, 216; adjournment of house after, 226.
Expenses of Witness. See Witnesses. Expiring Laws Continuance Bills; 471, n., 486.
Explanations; in debate, 320; minis- terial explanations, 318; on leaving office, 319; personal explanations, ib. Explosive Substances; provisional orders as to, 872.
Expulsion of Members (Commons); effect of, 54; cases and grounds for, 56. Expunging Motions and Protests; from the journals, in Mr. Wilkes's case, 55. 203; in Mr. Bradlaugh's, 203; from the Clerk's book, 203.
Extension of Time (Private Bills); standing orders as to, 797; locus standi against, 766.
Extra-parliamentary Panel, The; appointed under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 901.
Fast days; divine service attended on, by both houses, 185. Favourable Construction of Com-
mons' Proceedings; privilege of, 61. Fees; resolution on the acceptance of, by members for professional services con- nected with proceedings in Parliament, 84, n.; payment of, on commitment to custody, 93; remission of, 94.
Fees on private, provisional order, and hybrid bills, see Private Bills. Felony; conviction for, a disqualification for a seat in the Commons, 34. 658;
Felony-continued.
expulsion for, 57; privilege not ex- tended to, 115.
Ferrer's Case; referred to, 105. Feudal System; legislative taxation traced to the, 586.
"Filled up" (Private) Bill, 753-5, 784.
Finance; dealt with by the Lords, 574. Finance Bills, 629; debate and amend- ments on stages, ib.
Fines; imposed by Lords, 91; by Com- mons, 92; last case of, 93. Fire; Palace of Westminster, 21, n. First Reading; of public bills, 466; of private bills (Commons), 723; (Lords), 845; of Provisional Order Bills, 891; of confirming bills under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 905-7.
Foreigners, Petitions from; received, 529.
Forgery or Fraud; in preparing or signing petitions, 526.
Formal Motions; after interruption of business, 215; for transaction of busi- ness, 245.
Fox, Mr.; sat as member, under age, 29; his verdict against Bailiff of Westmin- ster, 54; disputes with Mr. Pitt on speaking first, 312, and n.; quarrel with Mr. Wedderburn, 335. Franchise. See Elective Franchise. Franking Letters; privilege abolished, 111, n.
Free Conferences; the forms of, 440. Freedom of Access to the Sovereign; a privilege of the Commons as a body, 60; when exercised, 61; of peers, as a house and individually, 61.
Freedom from Arrest. See Arrest, Free- dom from.
Freedom of Speech; principle of the privilege, 96; ancient precedents, ib.; interpretation thereof, 98; violations. thereof, ib.; members punished for abuse of, ib.; statutory recognition of, 99; not extended to published speeches, 100; publication of parliamentary papers, 102.
Friday; adjournments from Friday till
Monday, 184. 212; hour of meeting on, 213; interruption of business on, 214; adjournment on, 227; transaction of business at moment of adjournment on, 227; precedence to unofficial mem- bers' bills on, 258; precedence of govern- ment business on, 258. 267.
Frivolous Claim of a Division. See Divisions.
Frivolous Complaints of Breach of Privilege, 88.
Frontagers; locus standi of, 774. Funerals of the Royal Family; ad- journment of house on, 187.
Galleries; members may speak from side galleries, 311; strangers' gallery not now cleared on divisions, 207. 355.
Garter King of Arms; duty of, on opening of Parliament, 152; his opinion respecting the Speaker's precedence, 195, n.
Gas (Private Bills); consumers, locus standi, 777; standing orders relating to, 803. 850; additional capital, auction clauses, standard price, &c., ib. Gas and Water Facilities; provisional orders, 867. 874. 887.
Gasworks; standing orders (private bills) relating to (Commons), 802; (Lords), 851.
Gazette, London; notice given therein by Speaker prior to issue of warrant for new writ, 636; of his appointment of members to issue new writs, 638. General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills; a sessional committee in the Commons, 745; constitution of, ib. ; duties of, 745-6. 789. 892. See also Railway, &c., Bills.
General List of Petitions for Private Bills, 696-7. 698-9. 721.
General Orders, The; regulating pro- ceedings under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 896; how made, ib.; provisions of, 897, et seq.; compliance with, 900. 904. George III.; came down on first day of Commons choosing Speaker, 157, n.; Parliament opened and Speaker chosen during illness of, 42. 158; secret com- mittee to examine physicians, 410. George IV.; provisions respecting his signature to commissions, 512. German Emperor; members uncovered
on announcement of death of, 446, n. Good Friday; the Commons have sat on, 184; standing order (Lords) as to sitting of committees, 847.
Gordon, Lord George (1780); com- munication of his arrest to the house, 118, n.
Gosset. See Howard v. Gosset. Government; members of, power to move one another's motions, 263. Government Business; motions for, at commencement of business, 256; days appointed for, 258; power to arrange government orders, 258. 262; special
Government Business-continued. arrangements for, 265; two o'clock sit- tings, on Tuesdays and Fridays before 1902..213, n.; Saturday sittings, 265; priority given to government business, 265; taken in time allotted to unofficial members on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 266. 267; power regarding specified orders of the day, 266; priority given to a motion, 267. 268; bills of unofficial members placed among go- vernment business, 259; amendments to business of house motions, 268. 296. Government Contracts; private bills relating to, 727.
Government Departments; and Pri- vate Bills, 754-5. 833. 855; and Private Bill Committees, 815-7; Reports from, referred to committees, 791; private bills deposited with (under standing orders 33 and 60 of both houses), 695. 755; (under standing order 84 of Commons), 833; Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 897. 899. 903. 904. See also Provisional Orders. Grace, Act of. See Pardon. Grand Committees, 392. See Stand- ing Committees.
Grants of Supply; for annual services, estimates for, 547; procedure on, 613; moved by a minister of the Crown, 614; drawn from the Consolidated Fund, 592. Grants (exceptional), procedure on, 555. 630; grants (excess), 553; debate on, 621.
Grants on Account; estimates for, 548; cause for, ib.; use of army, &c., sur- pluses, ib.; for civil services, 549; amount of, 549, n.; considered on an allotted day, ib.; limitation of time for consideration of, in committee and on report, 606; caused by a dissolution, 550; exceeding amount required, 552; form of resolution for, 614; debate on, 622.
Grants Supplementary; estimates for, 552; debate on, 621. See also Crown and Public Chirges; Supply. Gray, Mr.; case of, 121. Greater or Lesser Sum. See Supply. Greenwich Hospital; consideration of financial statement, 598.
Grenville Act; committees under, 651. Group Committees, on Private Bills. See Private Bills, III.
Guarantees; needing royal recommen- dation, 562; not needing it, 569.
Habeas Corpus Act; enforceable in cases of parliamentary commitments,
Habeas Corpus Act-continued.
69; peers not privileged against, 119; when Habeas Corpus Act suspended, consent of house to arrest of members, 117.
Hale, Lord; his opinion on seats of lords spiritual in Parliament, 6; on the council summoned by William I., 16. Hall, Arthur; his case, 77. Harbours; provisional orders relating to, 874.
Harley, Lord; discharged from custody on succession to peerage, 112. Harrison, Mr. Fortescue; case of, 123. Hastings, Warren; the impeachment of, referred to, 228, n., 665. Haxey's case; referred to, 96. "Hear, Hear; use of, 345. Hempholme; stewardship of manor of, 643, n.
Henry IV.; his recognition of freedom of speech, 96; origin of petitions to Commons during his reign, 523. 686; of Commons' right of supply, 587. Henry VI.; in Parliament, 444; modern system of legislation dates from reign of, 459.
Henry VIII.; royal assent by commis- sion, in his reign, 511. 520. High Treason. See Treason. Hissing; rules against, 344. Home Office; provisional orders issued by, 872. See also Government Depart-
Honours; bills for restitution of, 460. Hospital, Infectious Diseases; stand- ing orders (private bills) relating to, 802.851.
Houghton and others v. Plimsoll; case of, referred to, 102, n. Houses of Parliament; chambers used after the fire of 1834..21, n. See also Adjournment of the House; Commons, House of; Lords, House of; Precincts, &c. Houses of the Working Classes; standing orders (private bills) relating to (Commons), 802, (Lords), 850. Housing of the Working Classes
Act; provisional orders, 868. 886; power as to costs of committee on con- firmation bill, 821. 869.
Howard v. Gosset; first action, 68; second action, ib. 142.
Hybrid bills; procedure on, 468, et seq.,
673. 721. 824, n.; Commons' privileges not relaxed on, 708, n.; liable to Fees, 913.
Impeachment; by the Commons, 51. 663; of peers, ib. ; of commoners, 664 ;
Incidental Charges; (public services), 556
Incidental Interruptions to Proceed- ings, 269; business resumed thereafter, 270.
Inclosures; private bills, 801. 850. 910; provisional orders, 878.
Indemnity; of witnesses before Parla- ment, 125. 431; Witnesses Protection Act, 125.
Indemnity Bills; procedure on, 461. "Indemnity of the Lords and Com- mons," 1407; this statute cited, 587. Indenture; of return of member abolished, 653, n.
India; royal recommendation of motion for charge or guarantee on revenues of 558. 562; indirect guarantee, 569; ap- plication of revenues of, out of India, ib. ; seat of secretary and under-secretary of state, 647. See also East India Revenue, &c.
Indorsement of Bills; modes of, 509; imperfect, 519.
Indorsement of Petitions for Private Bills; by Examiners, 704.
In Formâ Pauperis; a private bill pro- moted in, 912, n.
Informalities in Bills; discovered after second reading, 465; after com- mittal, 491; after royal assent, 517; when royal consent refused, 449. Ingrossment; of bills, 500. 515. Inhabitants; locus standi of, against private bills in Commons, 775. Injunction. See Equity, Courts of. Instructions; to committees of the whole house, 383; regarding bills, 478; principle of, ib. ; amendments to, 480; for the division or consolidation of bills, ib., 488; to extend the operation of, 479; out of order, 481; touching a public charge, 482.
Notice of instructions and amend- ments, 482; debate thereon, 483; when moved, ib.; proceedings in committee consequent on, 488. 489; effect of rejection of an instruction, 304. 488, n. ; no instruction to committee of supply, 607; examples of instructions, Appen- dix II.
Mandatory instructions, 481; in the Lords, ib.; to select committees, 481.
Instructions, mandatory or per- missive, to private bill committees, 731, et seq.; in the Lords, 854. See also Private Bills; Provisional Order Bills. Interest on Calls (Railway Bills); standing order relating to, 799.
Interests, Personal. See Personal Interest.
Interference in Elections; resolutions against, 653.
Interruption of Business; hours of, 214; adjournment of interrupted busi- ness, ib.; transaction of business after moment of, ib.; formal motions after in- terruption, 215; dilatory motions, lapse, 216; interruption on a two o'clock sitting, 213, n.; business exempted from interruption, 216; questions pending at moment of, 221; unopposed business after interruption, 222; opposed ditto, 223; closure at moment of, 224. See also Incidental Interruptions to Pro- ceedings.
Intoxicating Liquors; bills relating to sale of, on Sundays, in particular counties treated as public bills, 679. Introduction; of peers to the house, 153; of new members returned after general election, 170; dispensed with in Dr. Kenealy's case, 171, n.
Ireland; representative bishops of, prior to 1869..6, n.; peers of, 100, under Act of Union, 11; power of Crown to add to, ib.; represented in House of Lords by 28 representative peers, ib.; judicature of Lords over, 50; privileges of peers and peeresses of, 12. 110; unless representative peers may sit in House of Commons, 12. 30; but then lose privi- lege of peerage, 12; judicature of Lords over seats of representative peers, 50; certificate of their election from Clerk of Crown, 153; rights of, on trial of peers, 670; number of representatives for, 24; elective franchise of, 26; holders of offices, contractors, and judges, dis- qualified as members, 30. 32; Speaker's warrant for election of members directed to Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in, 638; acceptance of office under lord- lieutenant, vacates seat, 641; Irish divorce bills, 858; provisional order bills, 886.
Irrelevance or Repetition in Debate; standing order on, 316.
Italics in Bills; 465. 560. 723. Items of Supply Grants; treatment of, in committee, 618.
Jamaica; legislated for by British Par- liament, 38.
James I.; offended at language of Speaker's petition, 59, n.
Jay v. Topham; case referred to, 139. Jews; formerly unable to take the par- liamentary oath, 162; the Rothschild and Salomons cases, ib.; disability removed, 163.
Joint Addresses; when usual, 452. 661.
Joint Committees; of Lords and Com- mons, rules and subjects of, 421; ap- pointment of, ib.; time and place of meeting proposed by the lords, 422; choice of chairman of, 423; vote of, ib. ; instructions to, ib.; on private or pro- visional order bills, 752. 892, n.; under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 906.
Joint Stock Companies; acts, 689; private bills, 842; locus standi of share- holders, 779.
I. Of both Houses.-Their formation and nature, 199, 201; given in evi- dence, 202; periods over which they extend, 202, n.; entry in, of proceed- ings of committees of the whole house, 392.
II. Lords. Public records, 201; in- spected by Commons, 307. 837; protest expunged from, 372; special entries on agreement to Commons' amendments, 507.579.
III. Commons.-Claim to be public records, 202; entries expunged, 203; special entries of agreement to Lords' amendments to money bills, 578. Judges; conduct of, not to be reflected on by a question, 250; to be dealt with by substantive motion, 278; in debate, 333; disqualified from sitting in the Commons, 30; summoned as assistants of the House of Lords, 51. 198; places of, 198, n.; of Scotch judges, ib.; ex- amined by the Commons, 433; com- mitted by the Commons, 139; formerly bearers of messages from Lords to Com- mons, 436, n.; duties of, on trial of election petitions, 654; regarding estate bills, 857.
Judicature of the Lords. See Lords, House of; Parliament; Peers. Judicature Act, 1873; and later Acts, 51.
Jurors; members privileged from service as, 114; exemption of members and officers by statute, 115.
Justices of the Peace; examined wit- nesses for the Commons, 430.
Larke's Case; referred to, 115.
Law and Courts of Justice. See Standing Committees.
Law Lords; constitution of, 13; vote of, in judicial cases, 359. Leave of Absence, 182. 756, n.; motions for, 238.
Leave of the House; how granted, 280. Lefevre, Mr. Speaker Shaw; spoke in committee of whole house, 369. Legal Opinions; not to be sought by questions to ministers, 250. Legal Proceedings against Members,
&c.; when a breach of privilege, 86. Letters; to threaten members, a breach of privilege, 79; use of letters in debate, 310, n.; communicated to the house by the Speaker, 193.
Letters Patent Bills; in the Lords, 853; in Commons, 801.
Level Crossings; standing orders (pri- vate bills) relating to (Commons), 794; (Lords), 851.
Levels of Roads;
standing orders (private bills) relating to (Commons), 792. 794; (Lords), 850.
Libels upon the House, or Members;
a breach of privilege, 76. 78. 81; upon members of select committees, 83; must touch the conduct of members in the house, 81; against former Par- liaments, 77. 90; prosecutions by attorney-general ordered, 76; punish- ment for, 93; seditious libels, 116. See also Privileges of Parliament, III.
Librarian (House of Commons); consulted on orders for returns, 538, n.; delivery of papers to, during recess, 541. Life Peerage. See Peerage.
Light Railways (Ireland); provisional orders, 886.
Lines v. Russell; case of, referred to, 144.
Loans, (Railway Companies); stand- ing orders (private bills) relating to (Commons), 794; (Lords), 851. Loans Government; contractors for, not disqualified for House of Commons, 32.
Lobbies; order in lobby maintained by the Serjeant, 205; jurisdiction of the house over disorder in, 348.
Local Authorities; private bills pro- moted by, 804-6. 850; provisional orders made by, 889; provisional orders concerning (public health), 865. 886; (housing of working classes), 869; (brine pumping), 872; (diseases, animals), 872; (municipal corporations), 881; (tramways), 875; (electric lighting), 875; (public parks, Scotland), 884; locus standi of, in Commons, 775, et seq. Local Bills. See Private Bills, IV. Local and Personal Acts, 685. 909. Local Government; provisional orders
relating to, 865. 885. 886. 888.
Local Government Board; and pri- vate bills, 754-5. 855; and provisional orders, 865, et seq. See also Govern- ment Departments.
Local Government Board (Ireland); provisional orders made by, 886. Local Government Board (Scot- land); provisional orders made by, 885.
Local Taxation; practice regarding bills or clauses for, 599.
Locus Standi of Petitioners; against private (local) bills in the Lords, 848; against orders under the Private Legis- lation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 903; or against their confirmation in Parlia- ment, 906; against private or provisional order bills in the Commous, 760-786. 893. 752. See Private Bills. London (City of); sheriffs, lord mayor, and aldermen of, committed by the house, 65. 66; the claim of members for, to sit on treasury bench, 178; pre- sentation of petitions from the corpora- tion, 529; bills respecting, whether public or private, 675.
London County Council; no questions in house to members of, 249.
Bills promoted by, 674-5; petition for bill, 693; bills presented, 721; and
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