Iau, 7 Awst 1919
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Rotherham Corporation Bill,
Return ordered, showing for 1918–19 the Rates of Duties, Taxes, or Imposts collected; quantities or amounts taxed; gross receipts from each duty, etc.; and the net receipts and...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if any steps are being taken to revise the system of appointments to the staffs of British Ambassadors, and Consul-Generalships abroad whereby...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state what further steps have been taken to bring about an exchange of private soldiers who are prisoners of war in Soviet Russia;...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information as to how many Greek Orthodox priests have been done to death by the Soviet Government in Central Russia;...
53. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a very powerful syndicate of German banks has been formed, under the leadership of the Deutsche Bank, for the economical exploitation of...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is a British representative at Buda Pesth; if not, whether any representative is on the way; whether there is any British...
7. asked the Pensions Minister whether he is aware that Private R. W. Pitt, of 24, Foster Street, Wednesbury, late No. 49752, 23rd Lancashire Fusiliers, A Company, was certified by a medical...
9. asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will state how many prosecutions for street collecting without permit have been instituted in Ireland in each year since the...
10. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether it is the case that, at Grantstown, county Tipperary, on 9th June, an inhabitant, Mr. Bryan Shanahan, was sentenced to four months' is being used...
11. asked on what grounds the police have seized a motor cycle, the property of Mr. J. Braniff, at Seavanghan, near Crossgor, county Down?
12. asked whether the police-constable who fired at and killed Michael Walsh at Ballinagool, Dungarvan, has been put on trial; and, if so, before what tribunal and with what result?
15. asked on what princple the farmers in certain parts of Ireland are allowed to have shot guns for the protection of crops and farmers in other parts are prohibited; whether, even in the same...
16. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the police barracks at Broadford, county Clare, were attacked on Sunday morning last by a band of twenty armed men who fired at...
19. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when former enemy subjects who have not been found guilty of criminal acts, and who are married to British-born women, will be released...
20. asked the Home Secretary whether, in accordance with the declared policy of His Majesty's Government to deport all Germans whose certificates of naturalisation have been revoked, it is...
21. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to a leaflet distributed in Nottingham and printed by the New Press, Princes Street, Edinburgh, containing the words, "Put no...
23. asked the Home Secretary how many discharged soldiers have the Government taken on to replace the policemen who recently deserted their posts of duty?
24. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that, at the usual monthly branch meeting of the National Federation of Discharged and Demobilised Sailors and...
26. asked the Home Secretary what would be the annual cost to the country if police pensioners who retired before 1918 were to be treated as regards pensions for themselves or their widows in the...
27. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Rhodesian Legislative Council passed a resolution whereby the costs of preparing the land inquiry for the inhabitants and...
Sir HENRY DALZIEL: 29. asked the First Commissioner of Works to state approximately the weekly charge to the State of the hotels still in Government occupation?
30. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that two considerable areas of the Regent's Park have now been closed to the public for fourteen months owing to the condition of the...
32. asked the Postmaster-General whether it has yet been possible to effect any improvements in the postal facilities at Filey?
35. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the inconvenience caused in West Somerset by the absence of an adequate postal delivery beyond Taunton; and if he will take steps to restart...
36. asked whether three promotions to the rank of overseer were made at Dundee during the week ending 26th July; whether the three men have been promoted over more capable officers who have had...
37. asked whether, when a house in which the telephone is installed changes hands, if is the practice of the telephone department to make a surcharge of £4 against the incoming tenant for...
38. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that, owing to the low rates of pay offered to draughtsmen in the Post Office, Labour Exchanges are unable to supply applicants, even with little...
39. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions if he can state the total cost to the country of the unsuccessful litigation conducted by the Liquor Control Board against the...
55. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware of the serious amount of unrest in the industrial, especially in the mining, districts owing to the hours licensed houses and clubs are closed for the...
56. asked the Prime Minister whether, in the constitution of the Commission which it is proposed to set up to replace the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic), the Government will consider the...
40. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions if he will state the cost of building, equipment, and working of the Gretna Green factory, including the expenditure upon...
43. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether he an state that no demands will be made for railway trucks for the conveyance of motor vehicles to or from the...
44. asked whether 35,922 officials were engaged on the sup ply of munitions at the end of March, 1919; and what is the number employed to-day?
45. asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to publish the Second Report of the Dardanelles Commission?
Mr. DOYLE: 49. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the danger to the community caused by threats of direct action and lightning strikes on the part of a number of...
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 51. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the powers granted to His Majesty under the Treaty of Peace Act to do such things as appear to him to be necessary for...
54. asked the Prime Minister what action the Government proposes to take with reference to the recommendations of the Select Committee on Transport (Metropolitan Area)?
58. asked the Prime Minister what information the Government have as to the systems of wireless telegraphy that are being set up by other countries to maintain efficient commercial communication...
Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAY: 62. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government desires to take all the stages of the Forestry Bill in this House before the Recess?
63. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the great anxiety amongst all classes of traders with regard to the future trade policy of the Government; and whether he intends to make any...
64. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the accession to power of a democratic Government in Hungary, His Majesty's Government will now recognise this Government and raise the blockade...
69. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the practice during the War of wealthy companies having been allowed to issue new capital, issuing shares to their shareholders at...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir JOHN HOPE: 71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Entertainment Duty is to be charged on the subscriptions of all members of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural...
72. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will cause instructions to be issued that, where a workman is purchasing his cottage by mortgage on which he is paying interest at, say, 5 per...
73. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the number of Incomes exceeding £100,000 has in creased since the introduction of the Super tax system ten years ago from sixty odd to about...
74. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry if he will give the name of the firm which received the first contract for coats and skirts for the Women's Royal Air Force; in what...
75. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that the increase in the cost of living has struck the poorer middle-class. who have to face such increases out of practically...
80. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is satisfied as to the sufficiency of labour of all classes to meet the Scottish schemes of housing already approved or in progress; and, if not,...
91. asked the President of the Board of Trade when the clearing office scheme for the settlement of German debts will become operative, and what assurance or information can he give to British...
92. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, at the inter view given to the representatives of the Nottingham Embroidery Manufacturers' Association by Sir Frank Warner's Committee at...
93. asked the President of the Board of Trade when de finite sanction can be given for the erection of supplementary transit sheds at internal points, with a view to relieving congestion of...
94. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Coal Controller's attention has been called to the extravagant consumption of electric light by shops, hotels, and music halls for...
95. asked the President of the Board of Trade why a, revision of railway rates and charges is not now being proceeded with by the appointment of a Committee identical with the Committee referred...
76. asked the Minister of Health whether the Civil Service scale of bonuses fixed in accordance with Award No. 84, April, 1919, of the Conciliation and Arbitration Board has been adopted in its...
77. asked the Minister of Health whether he is in a position to make any announcement concerning the request of the constituent authorities, seconded by the Water Board and the London County...
82. asked the Minister of Labour how many discharged soldiers who have been passed for training by the local war pensions committees are waiting for training?
83. asked the Minister of Labour how many soldiers discharged on account of disablement are receiving the unemployed weekly grant because the Labour Exchanges are unable to find them suitable...
84. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in connection with the training schemes under his Department, it was first proposed to grant an allowance of 25s. per week; whether this has been reduced...
85. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the large number of ex-Service men who are unable to obtain employment; whether his Department are taking any steps calculated to find...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any statement with reference to the bakers' dispute. Whether any hardship is being involved upon institutions such as...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that 50 per cent. of the men employed at the Henlow Aerodrome have received notice to leave on. 9th August, and...
Major C. W. LOWTHER: (by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the dirty condition of the streets in the neighbourhood of Paddington; and whether he will take steps...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether a letter has been received by the Coal Controller from the South Yorkshire Coal Trade Association and the Yorkshire Miners' Association,...
I should like to ask the Minister of Labour whether he has received any recent information as to the state of affairs in Liverpool? I was not able to give him notice of the question.
Can the Leader of the House announce the business for next week, and, in view of the commitment of the Government to fresh legislation within a margin of three weeks, can he suggest at what time...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Member to Standing Committee E (in respect of the Ferries (Acquisition by County Councils) Bill):...
Special Report from the Committee brought up, and read, with Minutes of Evidence.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee C.
That they have agreed to,—
Third Report from the Select Committee brought up, and read.
George Boyle Hanna, esquire, for the County of Antrim (East Antrim Division).
Londonderry Port and Harbour Bill [Lords],
COUNTY COURT JUDGES (RETIREMENT, PENSIONS, AND DEPUTIES) BILL,—"to make further provision with respect to the Retirement and Pensions of County Court Judges and the employment of Deputy...
Order for Second Reading read.
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
The Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908, in its application to mines in which coal is worked shall have effect subject to the following modifications— (a) as from the sixteenth day of July,...
[REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES].
Considered in Committee.
Considered in Committee.
Order read for consideration of Lords Amendments.
(GRANTS TO OFFICERS).
Resolution reported; That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1920, the sum of £585,000 be granted out of the...
Considered in Committee.
Regulations made by the Minister under paragraph (f) of Sub-section (1) of Section five of the War Pensions (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1918, may apply, with the necessary modifications, to...
Every officer or man suffering from a disability attributable to or aggravated by naval, military, or air force service during the present War, and not due to his serious negligence or...
(1) Where the claim of an officer or man under any Royal Warrant or Order in Council administered by the Minister of Pensions is wholly or partly rejected on the ground that the disability on...
Committee to consider of making further provision, out of moneys provided by Parliament, for superannuation and additional allowances to Officers employed in Prisons and Criminal Lunatic...
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