Mawrth, 4 Gorffennaf 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Provisional Order Bills [lords] (Standing Orders applicable thereto complied with),—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in...
Return ordered of Street and Road Tramways and Light Railways authorised by Act or Order, showing the amount of capital authorised, paid up, and expended; the length of line authorised and the...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that concessions which are drafted to suit the conditions and terms of service of the Indian Civil Service cannot be equitably...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the General Council of the Burmese Associations, while discussing the advisability of co-operating in the formation of the new Legislative...
7. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the estimated cost of transferring the machine-gun school from Seaford to Netheravon; whether it will be necessary at the latter place to build a...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether the land recently utilised as a camp at Frongoch, near Bala, County of Merioneth, is still in the occupation of the Government; and, if so,...
Mr. L. MALONE: 8. asked the Secretary of State for War what are our present obligations in regard to the despatch of troops to France or Belgium, both as to the numbers to be sent and the...
10. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the claim of the Car Company, Limited, for compensation on account of the occupation of their premises by the Australian Imperial Forces between...
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what stops the Government have taken to discover the fate and avenge the murder of the three officers and one private murdered at Macroom, and...
17. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Lord Shaw, in communicating the awards made by his Commission in connection with claims for injuries to property in Ireland, indicates to...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the large and increasing number of cases of old pensioners of the Royal Irish Constabulary who are driven out of their homes...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can inform the House as to the nature of the documents which were kept in the Four Courts and the Record Office...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House any information with regard to the malicious destruction by fire of the Protestant orphanage at...
Mr. MALONE: 18. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any application for concessions in Pales tine has been received from Mr. T. G. Tulloch; and, if so, what reply has been given?
19. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information as to the allegations made that Harry Thuku had formerly been found guilty of forgery and fraud; and, if not, will...
20. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Singhalese members of the Ceylon Legislative Council have declined to serve on the reforms committee on the ground that the committee...
24. asked the Secretary of State for the Homo Department what are the figures for the months of April, May, June, and the first week of July, of 1920 1921 and 1922, of arrivals of persons of...
25. asked the Home Secretary when it is proposed to introduce the Bill dealing with the legitimation of children by the subsequent marriage of their parents?
34. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that the Abertillery and district local committee, at a meeting held on the 21st ultimo, passed a resolution stating that they view with...
35. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Royal Commission on the overseas cattle embargo took any evidence from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, having regard...
42. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total sum expended in connection with the timber operations at Frongoch, Bala, county of Merioneth, and what was the total sum realised therefrom?
27. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the sentence of three years' detention at Borstal passed upon Dorothy Baker, a girl of 19, at the Chelmsford Quarter Sessions,...
29. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is now in a position to accede to the request made to him to provide a public telephone box at West Linton, Peeblesshire; and, if so, when this...
31. asked the Postmaster-General whether he can make a statement as to the increase or decrease of the business of the Post Office and the revenue obtained since the lowering of the postal rates...
33. asked the Postmaster-General how many approved societies use the system of postal drafts for paying National Health Insurance benefits; whether he is aware that the original charge by the...
Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAY: 30. asked the Postmaster-General if he is now in a position to indicate the terms and conditions under which licences for wireless broadcasting will be granted to...
43. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Report of the Royal Commission on Compensation for Suffering and Damage by Enemy Action...
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 45. asked the Prime Minister what were, the instructions given to the British delegates at the Hague Conference with regard to the question of loans or credits for Russia?
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 46. asked the Prime Minister if he will indicate the nature of the duties performed by the editor of the Cabinet secretariat?
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Sir George Beharrel, who was Director of Finance at the Ministry of Transport at £2,500 per annum, and was subsequently appointed Secretary...
70. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give any figures to show the rate at which the Government is reducing departmental staffs; and whether it is proposed further to...
71. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the average remuneration of a civil servant, excluding the manipulative and industrial grades; what percentage of increase...
72. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what was the total personnel of the Civil Service, excluding industrial workmen, prior to the war; what is the total personnel to-day, including...
48. asked the Prime Minister if he is now in a position to reply to the letter of the 2nd June from the Parliamentary Air Committee?
50. asked the Prime Minister whether the Commission of the League of Nations dealing with the reduction of armaments is meeting at Paris instead of Geneva; whether the Budget Committee of the...
54. asked the Lord Privy Seal if he can yet name a day for submission to the House of the recommendations and conventions arising out of the last international labour conference?
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the total amount that Germany has paid by way of reparation under the Treaty of Versailles, and how much has been paid towards the costs...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether France, Belgium and Italy collect 26 per cent. reparation duty upon German goods imported into their respective countries; if so, what is the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the military formation of the so-called security police in Germany is still in existence?
9. asked the Secretary of State for War if the military authorities responsible are satisfied that Germany has reasonably complied with the disarmament conditions of the Treaty of Versailles?
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the site in Bloomsbury at the back of the British Museum which was understood to have been purchased by the Government from the Duke of Bedford,...
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Reparation Duty is levied upon articles brought from Germany into this country as passengers' luggage; and whether duty under the Safeguarding of...
Dr. MURRAY: 61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of duties collected under the Key Industries Schedule on imported boric acid from 1st October last to 20th June, 1922; and...
65. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that our exports to Canada of alcoholic liquors rose from £842,453 in 1913 to £2,648,128 in 1920; and whether there is...
66. asked the Minister of Health whether he will promote legislation to amend the Lunacy Acts, 1890 and 1891, so as to enable statutory forms to be altered by substituting the words mental...
12. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office what is the value of the average monthly and annual purchases by the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes of goods bought in Ireland, especially...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 36. asked the Minister of Agriculture the average prices of wheat and oats marketed from the 1920 harvest, the guaranteed prices, and the total amount of compensation paid...
37. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is prepared, in the interests of the Royal Air Force, to take any, and what, steps to prevent the disbandment of the staff and the disuse of...
Lieut.-Colonel SPENDER CLAY: 41. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if he will state what is the annual cost of maintaining...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 67. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that to make the returns in the form required, and within the time prescribed by Circulars Nos. 261 and 317 issued by his Ministry,...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 53. asked the Prime Minister how soon he will be able to announce the decision of the Government with regard to their consideration of the extreme hardships at present inflicted...
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the estimated revenue and expenditure, respectively, for the current financial year for Nigeria, the Cold Coast, and Kenya Colony?
38. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the fact that there is no steamship communication between Jamaica and British Honduras or between Trinidad, British Guiana, and the...
called on Commander BELLAIRS to put Question 69.
JOHN PLOWRIGHT HOUFTON, Esquire, for the Borough of Nottingham (East Division).
Order [3rd July] for the committal of the British Empire Exhibition (Amendment) Bill to a Standing Committee read, and discharged.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee B. Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 176.]
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act for the better regulation of Doctor Blythe's Benefaction to Clare College, Cambridge."[Clare College, Cambridge (Blythe's Benefaction), Bill [Lords.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Committee to consider of authorising the remission of certain debts, in pursuance of any Act of the present Session, relating to local loans—(King's Recommendation...
[15TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £307,637, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray this Charge which will come in course of payment...
Ordered, "That Sir Edgar Jones and Captain Martin be discharged from the Select Committee on Estimates."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— (Colonel Leslie Wilson.)
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