Orders of the Day-continued.
Supply to be first order of the day on Thursdays, 259. 605; motion to super- sede supply on that day, 266. Ordnance; lieutenant-generalship of, held not to vacate seat in the house, 649.
Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers; locus standi of, 763.
Oyster Fisheries; provisional orders, 880.
Packet and Telegraphic Contracts. See Contracts.
Pains and Penalties, Acts of; mode of passing, 51.
Pairs; system of, 371.
Panels (Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act); see Extra-Parlia- mentary Panel; Parliamentary Panel. Paper Duties Bill, 1860, 583. Pardon; not pleadable in bar of im- peachment, 667; given afterwards, ib. ; bills for a general pardon, 461; cannot be amended by Parliament, ib.; royal assent thereto, 513; convicted felon dis- qualified for seat in Parliament, until in receipt of, 34.
Parishes; readjustment or division, pro- visional orders, 867. Parliament; constitution of, traceable to the free Saxon councils, 1; constituent parts of, 2-19; the Crown, 2; the House of Lords, 6; the Commons, 14; the three estates of, originally sat to- gether, 19; when separated, 21; chambers used after the fire, 21, n.
Legislative authority of Parliament, 37; prerogatives of Crown in reference to, 39; summons from Crown, 41; occasions of meeting without, 41. 42; days for which usually summoned, 149, n.; annual meeting of, 39; meeting of, on demise of Crown, 41; causes of summons declared, 42. 171; considered by both houses, 174; tumultuous assemblages near, 183; presentation of petitions, ib., 522.
Prorogation of Parliament, 43. 207; assembled by proclamation, 45; as- sembling of, accelerated by proclama- tion, 44; or deferred, 45; adjourn- ment solely in power of each house, 46; adjournments at the pleasure of the Crown, ib.; power of the Crown over adjournments, pursuant to statute, 47; expiration of Parliament under the Septennial Act, 47; dissolu- tion by proclamation, 48; by king in person, ib.; assembly of Parliament after a dissolution, 49; grants on account
Parliament-continued.
thereon, 550; period between procla- mation calling a parliament and its meeting, 41.
Judicature of Parliament in Acts of attainder, &c., and in impeachments, 51.663; privileges thereof, 59, et seq.; proceedings of, how regulated, 147, et seq.; proceedings upon its first meeting, 149; exceptional course in opening of, 151; service of Parliament, 178; at- tendance at divine service, 185; sove- reign supposed to be present in, 444; communicated with by sovereign or royal family, 445; statements to Parlia- ment not actionable, 129; but admis- sible in evidence, 130; officers of Parlia- ment, 198. See also Commons, House of; Lords, House of, etc., Precincts of. Parliamentary Agents; the rules re- garding, laid down by Mr. Speaker and the Lords' Chairman of Committes, 709, et seq.; members or officers of the house not to practise as, 84. 712; privileged from arrest, 125.
Parliamentary Costs Acts; provisions of, 820.821.
Parliamentary Deposits Act; and the standing or "general" orders, 695, n., 897. Parliamentary Documents Deposit Act; and the standing or "general orders, 695, n., 897. Parliamentary Panel; under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scot- land) Act, 901.
Parliamentary Papers. See Accounts and Papers.
Parliamentary Papers Committee, 542, n.
Parnell, Mr.; named and suspended, 346.
Parochial Relief; persons in receipt of, incapable of voting, 27.
"Parties do not proceed;" with private bill, 687.827. See also Private Bills.
Patents. See Letters Patent. Paty; case of, referred to, 134. Pease, Mr.; allowed to affirm, 163. Pecuniary Interest. See Personal In- terest.
Pecuniary Penalties and Fees; relax-
ation of Commons' privileges, 577, 579. 708. 839.
Peel, Sir Robert; breach of privilege against, 79; house adjourns on death of, 186; motion against him expunged from votes, 203; opinion as to reading extracts from newspapers, 326; use of sovereign's name in debate by, 330.
Peerage; list of, on roll of House of Lords, 11; dormant peerages, laws re- lating to, ib.; life peerages, 12; vacan- cies in the House of Commons by, 633. Peeresses; privileges of, 110; forfeited when peeresses intermarry with com- moners, ib. See also Peers. Peers; created, and formerly summoned to Parliament, by the Crown, 5; de- grees of rank, 8; representative peers of Scotland, 10; of Ireland, 11; not to sit until of age, 12; titles of temporal peers hereditary, 13; number and classi- fication of peers, 14; English and Scotch peers ineligible to Commons, 29; Irish peers who may sit for places in Great Britain, 12. 30.
Rights and functions of peers, 49; access of, to sovereign, 61; peers becoming bankrupts, disqualified from sitting and voting, 33; privileges of, 59. 109; privileges of peers of Ireland and Scotland, 10. 110. 670.
Introduction of peers to house, 153; their places in the house, 177; service of Parliament, 178; summoned to at- tend, 179; ancient privilege of voting by proxy, 178. 370; votes of peers in judicial cases, 359.
Mode of conducting the proceedings of the house, 152. 209. 277; and debates, 310; the right of explanation 320; words of heat between peers, 334; conduct in the house, 343; divisions, 287. 354; protests, 372; per- sonal interest, 373; attendance as wit- nesses before the Lords, 424. 429; before the Commons, 426. 433; duties of peers on select committees, 401; presentation of bills by peers, 461; of petitions, 531; resolutions of Commons, as to interfer- ence of peers in elections, 653; im- peachments, 663; trials and indictment of peers, 667; peers and the levy of tolls (private bills), 728. See also Bishops; Divisions; Lords, House of; Proxies.
Pelham, H. (1647); his appointment as
Speaker of the Commons, approved by the House of Lords, 158.
Penalties. See Pecuniary Penalties, &c. Pensions; when a parliamentary dis- qualification, 30. Perjury. See Witnesses.
Personal Allusions; in debate, 333. Personal Bills; which so termed, 839. 856; originate in Lords, 856; procedure on, 856, et seq. Personal Explanation; by ministers, 318; by other members, 319. 320; in the Lords, 320.
Personal Interest; circulars to canvass votes improper, 373; votes of peers and members interested in public matters, 373; does not prevent a member moving, 378; when case arises in committee, 377; in private bills, 375; in private bill committees (Commons), 378. 747. 756. 829; (Lords), 846; in a standing committee, 395; in select committees, 405; Speaker's and chairman's rulings regarding personal interest, 374, n.; interest not pecuniary in a vote, 379; member personally interested, discharged from attendance on a private bill com- mittee, 756; declaration respecting, by members of private bill committees, 747. 755; by commissioners under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act,
Persons, Papers, and Records; Com-
mons' committees authorized to send for, 406; and for papers only, 407; prac- tice thereon, in private bill committees, 825; Lords' committees, 402. Petitions (Private or Provisional Order Bills); petitions for private bills, 672. 693. 696. 722. 840. 856; petitions in favour of bills, 757; petitions against (Commons), 757, et seq., 893. 899; (Lords), 845-6. 861. 892. 899; petitions against alterations, &c., 758. 761. 807. See also Additional Pro- vision; Private Bills.
Petitions (Private Legislation Pro- cedure (Scotland) Act); petition for proposed order, 895. 897; against a proposed order, 898; presentation of a petition after introduction of confirming bill, 906.
Petitions, Public; right of petitioning, 522; ancient mode of petitioning, ib.; receivers and triers, ib. ; commencement of modern system, 523; law prohibiting the presentation of, by more than ten persons, 524; or the consideration of, by persons in proximity to Parliament, ib.; procedure on petitions praying for public money, &c., 563; form of, 524; to a previous Parliament not received, ib. n.; nor on first day of session, 530; nor re- monstrances, &c., 525; nor unless con- cluding with a prayer, ib.; cannot be presented by member before being sworn, 530; rules regarding signature, &c., 525; forgery or fraud, 526; a breach of privilege, 75. 526; should be respectful in language, 526; may oppose taxes, 528; relating to an election, 658; proceedings on irregular peti- tions, 526; from persons attainted, 528; from abroad, 529; presentation of
Petitions, Public-continued.
petitions, 236. 529. 531; member to affix his name thereto, 529; from the corporations of London or Dublin, ib. ; from a member, to be presented by another, 530; transmission by post, 531; members responsible for petitions they present, 531; legal proceedings for non- presentation of petitions, 86; presenta- tion and discussion of, in the Lords, 531; in the Commons, 532; petitions com- plaining of personal grievance, ib.; petitions read by the Clerk, 533; peti- tions complaining of a breach of privi- lege set down for consideration, 534; dealt with by committee on public petitions, ib.; printed with the votes, ib.; reprinted, 535.
Piers and Harbours; provisional orders, 873-4.
Pilotage; provisional orders, 874. Pitt, Mr.; amendment of question con- cerning, 284; rose together with Mr. Fox, 312; resolution (1784) respecting the supplies during his ministry, 552, n.; first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer at same time, 648. Places of Members:
I. Lords. To sit in the order pre- scribed by Act, 177; places of, ib.; rules in going to and leaving, 343.
II. Commons.-Treasury and opposi- tion benches, 177; members for the city of London, 178; places retained by members thanked by the house, ib.; secured at prayers, ib.; by members serving on select committees, 178; rules in going to and leaving, 343. Plans, Sections, Cross-sections, and Books of Reference; standing orders (private bills) relating to, 695. 703; plans produced before private bill com- mittee to be signed by chairman, 823. Pleasure of the House; how signified, 280.
Plimsoll, Mr.; case of, 83.
Police; provisional orders (Home Office), 873; (Scotland), 884.
Police and Sanitary Regulations Bills; referred in the Commons to a special committee, 751-2. 805; constitu- tion and proceedings of the committee, 805. 809, n.
Poor Law Bills; originating in the Commons, 574; in the Lords, 581, n. Post; transmission of parliamentary papers by, 542.
Postmaster-General; acceptance of office of, 647; provisional orders, 882–3; and private bills, 754-5. 815-7, n. See also Government Departments.
Postponement of Clause, 488; debate thereon, ib.
Powers of Purchase (Railway Com- panies); standing orders (private bills) as to, 796. 852.
Prayers; in the Lords, 152; in the Com- mons, 157. 159; origin of present form, 159, n.; when first said in each house on opening of Parliament, 171; places secured at, 178; house counted after, 230; notice of, to select and private bill committees, 413.
Preachers; before the houses, appoint- ment of, 185.
Preambles of Bills:
I. Of Public Bills.-Considered in committee, 483. 490; consideration of, on report, 496.
II. Of Hybrid Bills.-Consideration in committee, 469, n.
III. Of Private Bills.-How con- sidered in committee, 469, n., 790. 809; proceedings on, 808-812; question on, 469, n., 813; preamble proved, 790. 813-4; not proved, 790, n., 818-820; as to alterations made by committee in preamble of private bill, 820. Precedence; of peers, rules and orders as to, 6. 8. 177; to bills and motions at commencement of public business, 256; of government business, 258; of ad- journed business in Lords, 210; of notices of motions or orders of the day, 258. 265; to questions of privilege, 270; to a vote of thanks, 256. Precincts of Parliament; service of legal process in, 80; exclusion from, 350; if criminal act committed in, 137, n. Preference Shares (Railway Bills); standing orders as to, 795. 797. 852; locus standi of preference shareholders, 779. Preliminary Objections
Bills); before the Examiners, 702; before committee, 809. Prerogative; limitations of, 3; taxes by, ceased at Revolution (1688), 4, n., 587. Presbyterian Church of Scotland; sovereign bound to maintain, 5. Prevarication; by witnesses punished, 75. Previous Question, the; forms of, Lords and Commons, 283; limitations on its use, ib.; cannot be amended, 284; used on privilege motions, 275; used on stages of bills, 283; put on main question as amended, ib.; cannot be moved on an amendment, ib.; nor in any committee, 284; nor upon a motion relating to the business of the house, 283; no reply to mover of, 321. Printed Papers. Sec Stockdale v. Hansard.
Printing; of accounts and papers, 542; of petitions, 533. 534; parliamentary papers committee, 542, n.; of public bills, 466; reprinted, 494; of private bills in the Commons (before presenta- tion), 723; (as amended by committee), 830; (proposed amendments on con- sideration), 833; (Lords Amendments), 836; of private (local) bills in the Lords (as amended in committee), 855; (of subsequent proposed amendments), ib.; of public and private Acts, 515. 909, et seq. wit- Prisons, Keepers of; to bring up nesses in their custody, 425. Private Bill Office (House of Com- mons); and Parliamentary agents, 710. 711; register of private bill proceedings, 714; general list of petitions for bills, 697; presentation of bill, 716; cus- tody, examination, &c., of bills, 728. 830. 835; entry of Appearances, 699. 710. 787.
Deposit in Private Bill Office of petition for bill, 693; of memorials, 697. 701; of petitions against private or provisional order bills, 757; of other petitions relating to private bills, 698. 721. 722; of orders under the Private Legislation Frocedure (Scotland) Act, 897.904.
Notice given to Private Bill Office, of examination of petitions or bills, 698. 725. 729; of second reading of private bill, 728; of meeting of committees, 752-3. 832; of the consideration by committees of later bills in a group, 788; of consideration of private bill in the house, 833; of proposed amend- ments, 833; of third reading of private bill, 835; of consideration of Lords amendments, 836.
I. Generally.-Origin of private bills, 459. 523. 685; distinctive character, 672; difficulty of determining, in some cases, whether bill should be public or private, ib., 681; objections to a private bill as being of a public nature, 672. 675. 679. 680. 682; to public bills as more properly private, 672; bills illus- trating distinction between public and private, 673-682; the semi-judicial treat- ment by Parliament of private bills, 686-8; members pecuniarily or locally interested in bills, 375. 378. 747. 756. 829. 846; enforcement of pledges in the promotion of bills, 688. 817; where general Acts have rendered private bills unnecessary, 689. 690. 863; repeal of public Acts by private bills, 683; super-
Private Bills-continued. vision of bills by chairman of com- mittees (Lords), 688. 705. 849; and by chairman of ways and means, 688. 707. 753; parliamentary agents, 709; the standing orders of both houses relating to private bills, 148. 692, 695, n., 837; where bills have been suspended till another session, 837; private bills divided under standing orders into two classes, 692.
II. Preliminaries to Introduction.- Preparation of Bills, 694; the Clauses Acts, ib.; the "Model Bill," ib.; re- quirements of standing orders, 694; private bills, except in some urgent cases, solicited by petition, 672. 693.722.
Petitions for bills deposited in Com- mons, 693; deposit of petition in the case of London County Council bills, ib.; and late bills, 722. 840; the general list of petitions for bills, 696; petitions for personal bills (Lords), 856; deposit in the Lords of all bills, 693. 840.
Proof before Examiners of compliance with standing orders before introduction of bill, 694, et seq.; bills divided for introduction into one or other house, 705. 709 bills formerly introduced chiefly in Commons, 708; relaxation of Commons' privileges regarding charges, ib., 839; bills now originate equally in the two houses, 709. 839.
III. Proceedings in the Commons.— Private Business, time of its considera- tion by the house, 233. 234. 713. 714; notices of motions, 713; what to be deemed private business, 714. 726-7. 739; opposed private business, 234. 235. 714. 730. 834; days upon which it can- not be set down, 235; and motions con- tingent on opposed private business, 236; conduct of private bills by mem- bers, 714; "Register" of proceedings on bill, 714.
Private bill presented, 715–16; ordi- nary rules for presentation, ib., 721; exceptions (London County Council bills), 721; (urgent bills), 722; (late bills), ib.; (bills introduced in lieu of others withdrawn), 729; bill to be printed before presentation, 723; first reading, ib.; ordered to be read a second time or referred to Examiners, ib.; Lords' bills, London County Council bills, and bills under the "Wharncliffe " orders and under standing orders, 61. 67. and 68, so referred, 723-4; petitions for additional provision in bill, 725.817: where proposed provisions are considered in committee of whole house, 726
Private Bills-continued. interval and proceedings between first and second reading of bill, 728; notice of second reading, ib.
Second reading (in Commons), 729; when opposed, 235. 236. 729. 730; In- structions, 731-744; Mandatory Instruc- tions, 731-4. 481; ruled out of order, 731, n.; given or moved (to insert clauses), 732; (to omit clauses), 733; (to inquire into particular matters), ib.; (injury to scenery), 734; (to report bill by a given date), 828, n. Permissive In- structions, 735-7; empowering a com- mittee (to inquire or report), 735; (to make certain provision in bill), ib., 736; (to report on particular points), 737; in- structions to divide or consolidate bills, 744; other instruction, ib., 737, et seq.; instructions should not raise questions of public policy or general law, 737-9; or questions outside the bill, 739-742; should be practicable, 743; and defi- nite, ib.
Commitment of bill, 744-6; interval and proceedings between second reading and first sitting of committee, 749; notice to be given of meeting of com- mittee, 752; "filled-up" bill to be deposited, 753; amendments in the “filled-up " bill, 753–5.
Committee on unopposed bills, 746–7; proceedings of, 789. 790. 807, n.; op- posed bills becoming unopposed, 788-9; where unopposed bills are treated as opposed, ib. 790. 807, n.; opposed bills, how defined, 747.
Petitions against bills, 757-9; how and when deposited, 757; withdrawn, ib.; late petitions, 759; rules as to petitions against bills, 759. 782. 788; as to hearing of petitioners, 758. 811; Locus Standi of petitioners, 760-787. 752; the Referees, 760; their appoint- ment and duties, 760-1; rules of pro- cedure, and practice of referees, 761-3. 784. 808; standing orders relating to locus standi, 775-7; reports of cases before referees, 763; Locus Standi (landowners), 762-5; (associations), 767; (conservators of commons), 776; (county councils), 776-7; (frontagers), 774; (gas consumers), 777; (inhabí- tants), 775; (local authorities), 775–7; (railway companies), 764-6.772-4; (rate- payers), 779; (shareholders), 778-9; (traders), 767; (amalgamation), 772; (competition), 773; (contingent damage), 768; (informal petitions), 782; (Lords' bills), 781; (tramway bills), 774. 777; (water), 771. 777; other cases of locus
Private Bills-continued.
standi, 769, 782-7; exception taken to referees' decision, 785; jurisdiction of referees superseded, 786; petitions specially referred to committee by the house, 787.
Committees (Commons) on opposed bills, 746; constituted by the Committee of Selection and the General Committee on railway bills, ib. 747. 749; members refusing to serve, 748; declarations, 747. 755; quorum, 756, 828; attend- ance of members, 756; when chairman absent, 757; absence of other members, 756; adjournments of committee, 828; committees revived, ib.; general proceed- ings of committees on groups of opposed bills, 806, et se7.; committee to consider first the first bill in group, 788; to appoint day for considering the later bills, ib.; parties appear before com- mitte, 806; as to Appearances on peti- tions, 787. 788-9. 806-7; case opened, 808; counsel before committees, 808, et seq.; as to preliminary objections, 809; proceedings on preamble, 809; where there are competing bills, 813; hearing of petitioners, 758. 810-11; witnesses before private bill committees, 825; examined on oath, ib.; cross-examina- tion, 809-813; witnesses from Govern- ment departments, 815; question put on preamble, 813; preamble proved, 814; consideration of clauses, 815; preamble not proved, 818; preamble amended, 820; costs, 820-823.
Proceedings of all ordinary private bill committees (opposed or unopposed bills), 790, et seq.; "filled-up" bill to be laid before committee, 788; reports from public departments, evidence before former committees, and other docu- ments, referred, 791; questions, how decided, 791; chairman's second or casting vote, ib.; names of members recorded, ib.; notice to be given of committee's adjournment, 828; where special leave given to a committee to sit, ib. 831, n.; compliance with certain standing orders, only, proved before committee, 792; standing orders to be observed on railway and other particular kinds of bills, 792-804; duties of chairman and of committee in re- porting bills, 823-4; power of committee over preamble, 790. 809; and difference in this respect between committees on private and on public bills, 469, n., 484. 729.
Exceptional committees appointed on private bills, 750, et seq.; departures
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