Llun, 2 Mehefin 1919
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Swansea Harbour Bill,
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take steps to find out what are the wages paid by Japanese employers in the Japanese silk trade; and whether he will undertake that...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the dissatisfaction among the masters of foreign-going and home trade merchant steamers, and also among the pilots on the East...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the great loss suffered by the Humber pilots through their having to pay the export price of 42s. 6d. per ton of coal for their own...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade when the agreement with Japan, allowing that country to import brushes into the United Kingdom to the extent of its 1916 imports, was made; for what...
Notice of the following question had been given by Sir PHILIP MAGNUS:
9 and 10. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) why Sir Percy Daniels was seat to the United States to purchase leather for the production of civilian boots when there are large stocks in...
13. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the pottery industry is being seriously handicapped by inability to obtain coal; and what steps he proposes to take to...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade approximately when railway fares will be reduced to the amount printed on railway tickets as the charge for the journey; and, if not, whether he can...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will initiate during the summer months special railway excursions with reduced railway fares for workmen's trips?
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will extend the reduced railway fares to children's trips belonging to friendly societies, such as Rechabites, Foresters, and others, and thus...
23 and 24. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he is aware that at a great many of the London railway termini there is a scarcity of both railway porters and taxi cabs; whether,...
74. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware of the inconvenience, especially to members of the University of London, which is caused by the continued closure of the covered...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade what profit was earned by the thirty-four Austrian and German detained steamships managed for the British Government by Messrs. Everett and Newbigin,...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, before the Coal Industry Commission reports, the various sections of coal consumers indicated in the Coal Conservation Sub-Committee's Report...
Brigadiar-General Sir OWEN THOMAS: 14 and 15. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he is aware that, at an interview at the Admiralty on the 21st March last, it was admitted that an...
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that in the middle of May a list was issued by the Board of Trade specifying certain classes of paper for which import licences would...
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the present prices for clothes and boots are inflicting grave hardship upon large sections of the population; and what action the...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether vessels fishing from Cardiff are exempted from the Export Duty on coal; and, if so, whether a similar exemption will be granted to vessels...
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to take to obtain the sanction of the French authorities to the removing of their present limitations on licences for the...
26. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the proposed Commission on Indian Currency will sit in London; and whether it will contain, besides exchange bankers and merchants,...
27. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the views of the local Governments in India on the subject of the Montagu-Chelmsford Reform scheme have yet been formally presented; and whether...
28. asked the Secretary of State for India if definite arrangements have been made that any German missionaries who may have been left in India will be sent back to Germany as soon as may be,...
29. asked if it is certain that the stores in the native quarters of the large towns in India, which before the War were established by Germans for the sale of German goods, will not be opened...
30. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that certain statements in the telegram from the Government of India, which was read to the House of Commons on the 1st August,...
31. asked when the Report of Lord Crewe's Committee on the India Office will be published; and whether the Report of this Committee will affect the provisions of the Government of India Bill as...
32. asked who are the present representatives of the Indian Empire in the Imperial Cabinet?
35. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, considering that although the local governments may have powers to deal with wilful and malicious misrepresentations of the actions and...
36. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr. Ernest Maxse, His Majesty's Consul-General at Rotterdam, who is to succeed Mr. Hearn, His Majesty's Consul-General in Paris, is of...
37. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he proposes to take any action in association with the Allies of this country to promote commerce between Allied countries and to...
Lieut.-Colonel MALONE: 38. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the article on Russia by Robert Minor; whether he is aware that this man is...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government has agreed to recognise the Government of Admiral Koltchak on certain conditions; and, if so, what those conditions are?
56. asked the Prime Minister whether he will have instructions sent to the British officers with Admiral Koltchak, General Denikin, and the Finns, Esthonians, etc., that, as British aid is given...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that Chargés d' Affaires, Consuls-General, and Consuls are, under King's Regulations and Admiralty...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now state what steps are being taken to give effect to the Prime Minis- ter's undertaking given in June, 1917, that the...
41. asked the Under-secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to an advertisement published in the Press of the 29th May, 1919, inviting subscriptions for...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state where the reported outbreak in South Kurdistan has taken place; whether the place of outbreak is in Persian or...
44. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he will state to what extent the property purchased by the Government at Sheriffhales, in Shropshire, for an agricultural...
45. asked the Prime Minister if he will state when he will be able to announce the composition of the Commission to Egypt and a date for the commencement of its labours?
46. asked the Prime Minister if he will give a day to discuss the working of the new Rules of Procedure?
47. asked the Prime Minister if, before the appointment of the new British Ambassador to Washington is determined, His Majesty's Government will consider whether, in view of Canada's geographical...
48. asked the Prime Minister if he can make any statement or suggestion regarding the old pensioners, Royal Navy, meaning all those pensioners over the age of fifty-five in 1914; and if he can...
Lieut.-Colonel ARTHUR MURRAY: 49. asked the Prime Minister whether the question as to what are or what are not key industries is under the consideration of His Majesty's Government; and, if so,...
52. asked the Prime Minister if, in order to make the best use in the public interest of the services of those experienced members of the Civil Service who were temporarily transferred to other...
Lieut.-Colonel MALONE: 53. asked the Prime Minister whether any alterations in the organisation of the War Cabinet are contemplated in order to meet the changed conditions arising from the...
54. asked the Prime Minister if His Majesty's Government are aware of the danger of an outbreak of plague in Eastern and Central Europe this coming summer due to the blockade and civil war; and...
Colonel THORNE: 55. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware of the controversy that is now taking place between Mr. Asquith and Lord French in connection with the supply of ammunition of our...
57. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the proposal that the Bill to make further provision, with respect to the Government of India should after it had been introduced, according to...
58. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agri- culture whether the Agricultural Wages Board has jurisdiction to fix special harvest wages in those districts where such special wages...
61. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, having in view the serious shortage of meat in the country, he can now remove the Canadian cattle import restrictions so...
65. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware of the growing discontent created in many agricultural districts by the operations of syndicates of...
66. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if information has reached him that the slaughter of cows and of calves in the four Western Counties is such as to imperil the...
Lieut.-Colonel W. GUINNESS: 67. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, in view of the hardship caused to children living in the neighbourhood of Kew Gardens by the...
68. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether he can state what amount of surplus Government stores were sold from the date of the Armistice to the time of the...
69. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions if he will explain the details of the financial arrangement that has been come to between the Ministry of Munitions and the...
70. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether it is the intention of the Government to acquire a further 127 acres, which are at present under cultivation, adjacent...
Mr. J. JONES: 71. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions if he can state the number of valuers who were engaged by the Ministry in connection with the valuation of propel...
75. asked the First Commissioner of Works if he is aware that a large part of Kensington Gardens is still closed to the public owing to the hutments and other erections placed there by the War...
76. asked the Under secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether he can make a statement about the future organisation of the lighter- than-air branch of the Air Service?
Lieut.-Colonel MALONE: 77. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether he will state what con tracts for obsolete or obsolescent aircraft remain uncancelled; and the date when...
78. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether he will publish a Report on the causes and circumstances of the failure on trial of the Tarrant triplane at Farnborough, which...
79. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry if he will state what is the total amount of money per annum being allocated for the payment of General Sykes' staff; whether there are...
(by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary whether it is the case, as stated at the meeting in Hyde Park yesterday, that the Prime Minister sent a message expressing regret that he could not...
informed the House that he had received the following letter relating to the imprisonment of a Member:
Ordered, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—[Mr. Bonar Law.]
Llanelly Rural District Water Bill,
CAPTAIN STARKEY reported from the Committee on Group B of Private Bills; That, for the convenience of parties, the Committee had adjourned till Tuesday, 1st July, at Eleven of the clock.
Second Reading To-morrow.
Mr. MACMASTER reported from Standing Committee C that they had agreed to the following Resolutions: —
(1)" That a sum, not exceeding £28,632, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Mr. Marriott; and had appointed in substitution: Captain...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C: Sir Robert Home; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Bridgeman.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee D: Lieut.-Colonel Allen; and had appointed in substitution (for the...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee E: Mr. Adamson, Mr. Alfred Davies (Clitheroe), Sir Fortescue...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee B: Sir J. D. Rees; and had appointed in substitution (for the...
Leave given to the Committee to make a Special Report.
Order for Second Reading this day read, and discharged. Bill withdrawn.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed: That the Treasury may,— (1) borrow, in such manner as they may think fit, on the security of the Consolidated Fund (in addition to any other sums which...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
There are some Amendments on the Paper to Clause 1, but I am afraid they go outside the particular Resolution which was passed on the 13th of May, which does not authorise the Committee to go...
Lords reasons for insisting on their Amendments to which this House hath disagreed, considered.
(1) The Minister may appoint such secretaries, officers, and servants as the Minister may, subject to the consent of the Treasury as to number, determine:
(5) Sub-sections (2) to (4) of Section eleven and Section twelve of the New Ministries and Secretaries Act, 1916, shall apply to the Minister and the Ministry of Health, and to the office of the...
Order for Second Reading read.
Lords Amendment considered, and agreed to.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Sanders.]
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