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to all Companies supplying gas within the Metropolis. The
Board of Trade stated in reply that they could not then enlarge
the terms of reference to the Committee, and that when the Committee
had reported it would be for Parliament to decide whether
its recommendations should be extended to Companies not subject
to the provisions of the Metropolis Gas Acts.
Fair Wages Clauses.
48.—The Council decided to insert in its contracts in future
the following clause, viz.:—
"The Contractor shall, in the case of all workmen employed by him,
"pay wages at not less, and observe hours of labour not greater, than
"the rates and hours recognised by the Associations of Employers and
"Employees and in practice obtained in the district where the work is to
"be executed."
Parliamentary Bills.
49.—The following Parliamentary Bills have been considered
by the Council during the year, viz.:—
London County Council Tramways and Improvements.
London County Council (General Powers).
London (Education).
Thames River Steamboat Service.
Polling Districts (County Councils).
Polling Arrangements (Parliamentary Boroughs).
Education Board Provisional Order Confirmation (London).
Railways Electrical Power.
Electric Lighting (London).
Franchise and Removal of Women's Disabilities.
Public Health.
Housing of Working Classes (London).
Housing of Working Classes (Repayment of Loans).
Housing of Working Classes.
Housing of the Working Classes No. 2.
Port of London.
Metropolitan Streets.
Prevention of Pollution of Rivers and Streams.
Borough Funds.
Employment of Children.
Weights and Measures. (Metric System).
Rating of Machinery.
Cheap Trains.
Local Authorities Officers' Superannuation.
Local Authorities (Qualification of Women).