NUMERICAL LIST OF BILLS, 1927.

Sess. No.

1-[Feb. 11.] Public Works Loans

Bill to grant money for the purpose of certain local
loans out of the Local Loans Fund; and for other
purposes relating to local loans.

2-[Feb. 11.] Foreign Contributions (Interference with
Trade and Industries)

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III. 411

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I. 997

Bill to prohibit any person or association from in-
viting, accepting, or using funds from Foreign
sources for the furtherance or maintenance of
industrial disputes in Great Britain.

3-[Feb. 11.] Auctions (Bidding Agreements)

Bill to render illegal certain agreements as to bidding
at auctions.

4-[Feb. 11.] Moneylenders

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I. 73

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II. 989

Bill to amend the Law with respect to persons carrying
on business as Moneylenders.

5-[Feb. 11.] Seditious and Blasphemous Teaching to
Children

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III. 533

Bill to prevent the teaching of seditious and blas-
phemous doctrines and methods to children; and for
other purposes connected therewith.

6-[Feb. 11.] Mental Deficiency

II. 427

Bill to amend certain enactments relating to mental
defectives.

Bill to repeal the enactments providing for the Protec-
tion of Wild Birds; and to substitute other provisions
therefor.

11--[Feb. 11.] Optical Practitioners (Registration)

Bill to make provision for the prevention of unemploy-
ment, and for other purposes connected therewith.

Bill to secure the registration of optical practitioners,
and to regulate the practice of sight-testing, and for
purposes incidental thereto.

12-[Feb. 11.] Representation of the People

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Bill to assimilate the parliamentary franchises for men
and women, and to reduce the qualifying age for the
university and local government franchises for

women.

13-[Feb. 11.] Factories

Bill to consolidate, with amendments, the enactments
relating to Factories; and for purposes connected
therewith.

14-[Feb. 11.] Married Women (Employment)

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Bill to prevent the refusal to employ women in the
public service by reason only of their being married.

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I. 661

II. 409

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II. 381

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15-[Feb. 11.] Local Government Franchise (Mercantile Cor-
porations and Companies)

Bill to confer the local government franchise upon
mercantile corporations and companies.

16 [Feb. 11.] Nursing Homes (Registration)

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Bill to provide for the registration and inspection of
nursing homes, and for purposes connected therewith.

17-[Feb. 11.] Feu Duties and Long Leases (S.)

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III. 9

I. 783

Bill to amend the Law of Scotland with regard to feus
and long leases.

18-[Feb. 11.] Marriage (Prohibited Degrees)

11. 401

Bill to amend the law relating to the marriage of per-
sons with their nephew or niece by marriage.

II. 521

19-[Feb. 11.] Midwives and Maternity Homes (S.)

Bill to amend the Midwives (Scotland) Act, 1915, and
to provide for the registration and inspection of
maternity homes, and for purposes connected there-
with.

20-[Feb. 11.] Protection of Animals (Amendment)

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Bill to amend the Protection of Animals Act, 1911. 21-[Feb. 11.] Commonwealth of India ...

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Bill to constitute within the British Empire a Com-
monwealth of India.

Bill to make provision for enabling local authorities to
provide and run omnibuses within and without their
districts.

23-[Feb. 11.] Licensing Act (1921) Amendment

Bill to amend the Licensing Act, 1921.

24-[Feb. 11.] Coal Mines

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Bill to repeal the Coal Mines Act, 1926, and for pur-
poses connected therewith.

25-[Feb. 11.] Tithe Redemption (Charges)

Bill to amend the Law as to the ascertainment and
payment of the charges on the redemption of tithe.
[Not printed.]

26-[Feb. 11.] Rent and Mortgage Interest

Bill to prolong the duration of the Increase of Rent
and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920, as
amended by any subsequent enactment and to post-
pone the date of expiry of Part II of the Rent and
Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1923, and for
purposes consequential thereon.

27—[Feb. 11.] Local Authorities (Enabling)

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Bill to extend the Powers of Local Authorities in
matters of Finance and Municipal Trading.

28-[Feb. 11.] Government of Scotland

Bill to provide for the better
Scotland.

29-[Feb. 11.] Local Authorities (Banks)

II. 371

Bill to authorise local authorities to establish banks.

30-[Feb. 11.] Maternity Benefit

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Bill to extend maternity benefits to mothers in cases
of miscarriage, and for purposes connected there-
with. [Not printed.]

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31-[Feb. 11.] Adoption of Children (Scotland)

Bill to make provision with respect to the adoption
of children in Scotland. [Not printed.]

32-[Feb. 14.] Protection of Dogs

Bill to prohibit the Vivisection of Dogs. 33 [Feb. 14.] Workmen's Compensation

I. 13

III. 403

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III. 997

Bill to amend the Law relating to workmen's com-
pensation. [Not printed.]

34-[Feb. 15.] Fancy Jewellery (Trade Descriptions)

I. 769

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Bill to amend the Merchandise Marks Act, 1887 to
1911, and to define certain trade descriptions as
applied to articles in the fancy jewellery and allied
trades.

35-[Feb. 15.] Solicitors

III. 589

Bill to amend the law relating to solicitors.

III. 525

Bill to amend the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875
to 1907.

36-[Feb. 16.] Sale of Food and Drugs

37-[Feb. 16.] Parish Councils (National Association Ex

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penses)
Bill to remove doubts as to the legality of certain
payments by parish councils.

38-[Feb. 17.] Betting Overseas (Prohibition)

Bill to prohibit the making with bookmakers of bets
on events to be determined in Great Britain unless
the bets are made in great Britain.

39 [Feb. 17.] Hairdressers' and Barbers' Shops (Sunday
Closing)

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Bill to provide for the compulsory closing of hair-
dressers' and barbers' shops on Sundays.

40—[Feb. 17.] Poor Law Emergency Provisions (S.)

Bill to make provision as to poor relief to dependants
of persons involved in a trade dispute in Scotland,
to enable relief to be given by way of loan, and to
extend further the duration of the Poor Law Emer-
gency Provisions (Scotland) Act, 1921, as amended
by subsequent Acts.

41-[Feb. 21.] Stabilisation of Easter

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Bill to regulate the date of Easter-day and days or
other periods and occasions depending thereon.

42-[Feb. 21.] Police (Widows' Pension Amendment)

Bill to amend section three (a) of the Police Pensions
Act, 1921, so as to include in its benefit the widows
of police pensioners who finally retired from the
police prior to the first day of September, nineteen
hundred and eighteen.

43-[Feb. 22.] Education in Prisons

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Bill to provide for education in prisons and other places of detention, and to extend enactments relating to superannuation allowances and gratuities to teachers; and for purposes connected therewith. 44-[Feb. 22.] Shops (Hours of Employment)

Bill to amend the Shops Acts, 1912 and 1913.

45-[Feb. 22.] Engineers

Bill to provide for the registration of and to regulate
the qualifications of engineers.

III. 207

I. 603

III. 571

I. 629

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46-[Feb. 22.] Bona-fide Travellers

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Bill to amend the law relating to the sale and supply
of intoxicating liquors to bona-fide travellers.

47 [Feb. 23.] Land Tax Commissioners

Bill to appoint additional commissioners for executing
the Acts granting a land tax and other rates and
taxes.

48 [Feb. 23.] Police (Appeals)

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I. 161

II. 199

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III. 195

Bill to provide for a right of appeal by members of police forces who are dismissed or required to resign. 49-[Feb. 23.] London Squares and Enclosures (Preservation)

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Bill to prohibit the erection of buildings and struc-
tures on certain lands in the Administrative County
of London; and for other purposes.

50-[Feb. 23.] Landlord and Tenant

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Bill to amend the law governing the relations between
landlords and tenants.

51-[Feb. 24.] Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contribu-
tory Pensions Act (1925) Amendment

Bill to amend the Widows' Orphans' and Old Age
Contributory Pensions Act, 1925.

52-[Feb. 24.] Inspection of Dams, Embankments and
Reservoirs

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II. 383

II. 201

III. 971

II. 173

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Bill to provide for the inspection and maintenance of
dams, embankments and reservoirs, and for other
purposes relating thereto.

53-[Feb. 24.] Parish Councils (National Association Ex-
penses) (No. 2)

Bill to remove doubts as to the legality of certain
payments by parish councils and parish meetings.

54 [Feb. 24.] Liquor (Popular Control)

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II. 331

Bill to amend the law relating to the manufacture,
sale, and supply of intoxicating liquor, and to pro-
vide for the popular control thereof and of the
grant and renewal of licences; and for other purposes
incidental thereto.

55 [Feb. 25.] Government of India (Indian Navy)
Bill to amend the Government of India Act with a view
to facilitating the provision of an Indian Navy, and
to make consequential amendments in the Naval
Discipline Act.

Bill to authorise an increase of the number of Forestry Commissioners; to empower the Commissioners to make bye-laws with respect to land vested in them or under their management or control; and for purposes consequential upon the matters aforesaid. 57 [Feb. 28.] Ministry of Health Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill to confirm certain Provisional Orders of the Minister of Health relating to Bilston, Bournemouth, Carnarvon, Longtown and Boarder Joint Hospital and District, Reigate Joint Hospital District Thurrock Grays and Tilbury Joint Sewerage District.

II. 71

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II. 701

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58—[Mar. 1.] Roadside Petrol Pumps

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III. 495

Bill to provide for the licensing of petrol pumps by
highway authorities.

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I. 245

59 [Mar. 1.] Coal (Selling Price Agreements)
Bill to render illegal certain agreements as to the
selling price of coal.

60 [Mar. 1.] Urban District Councillors Election

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III. 959

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Bill to alter the dates of elections of urban district
councillors.

61-[Mar. 2] Mercantile Marine Memorial

Bill to confer powers on the Imperial War Graves
Commission with respect to the erection of a
memorial to the officers and men of the Mercantile
Marine who perished in the late war.

62 [Mar. 2.] Royal and Parliamentary Titles ...

Bill to provide for the alteration of the Royal Style
and Titles and of the Style of Parliament and for
purposes incidental thereto.

·63—[Mar. 2.] Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (S.)

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Bill to amend the law relating to the offices of Sheriff
Clerk, Procurator Fiscal, and Commissary Clerk in
Scotland, and to make further provision regarding
Sheriff Courts.

64 [Mar. 2.] Royal Naval Reserve

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Bill to amend the enactments relating to the Naval
Reserve Forces.

Bill to amend the law with respect to auctioneers and
to prohibit the holding of mock auctions.

66 [Mar. 3.] Marriages Provisional Order

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Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of
His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under
the Marriages Validity (Provisional Orders) Acts,
1905 and 1924.

67 [Mar. 3.] Abolition of Capital Punishment

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Bill to provide for the abolition of capital punishment
and to substitute other punishment therefor, and
for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

I. 1

68 [Mar. 3.] Offices Regulation

III. 31

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Bill to regulate offices and the employment of young
persons therein, and for other purposes connected
therewith.

69—[Mar. 3.] Illegal Trawling Penalties (S.)

II. 143

Bill to amend the Law with respect to penalties for
illegal fishing by trawl vessels.

70 [Mar. 7.] Protection of Animals

III. 393

Bill to extend the operation of the enactments relating
to the protection of animals in respect of animals
kept in captivity or confinement and released for the
purpose of being hunted or coursed.

71-[Mar. 8.] Sale of Food and Drugs ..

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Bill to amend the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to

1907 (as amended by Standing Committee A).