Mercher, 5 Gorffennaf 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Pilotage Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill,
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the value of the property belonging to British subjects in Belgium which was requisitioned or sequestrated by the German...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Reparation Commission at present controls the entire assets of Bulgaria?
49. asked the Prime Minister, in view of the exaggerated ideas as to the armaments now at the disposal of Germany, whether he can give the latest figures of the Commission of Control as to the...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position of the proposal to send representatives of the Great Powers to inquire into the alleged atrocities in Asia...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any diplomatic or other assistance has been rendered to the firm of Sir Robert McAlpine and Sons,...
Mr. MALONE: 11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government intend to continue negotiations with the Turkish Government of Angora; and, if so, what is...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government are intending to despatch British troops to Eastern Persia?
12. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether any decision has as yet been arrived at with regard to the future status of the coastguard service?
14. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (a State-supported trading organisation, which is the successor of the Navy and...
19. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when the. narrative and chart of the Battle of Jutland were sent to Lord Jellicoe; and whether his approval of publication will be...
Mr. MALONE: 20. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if the Admiralty have approved the Burney airship scheme; and, if so, whether any conditions were imposed?
13. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many naval reservists are there resident in Southern Ireland; and have any, and, if so, what, arrangements been made with the...
41. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any further information as to the fate of the three officers and a soldier who were kidnapped at Macroom?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 55. asked the Postmaster-General what arrangements were made to protect the cable communications between this country and Southern Ireland after it was decided to...
26. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has been able to find employment for any, and, if so, how many, of the barristers or solicitors who formed the military legal staff in Ireland prior to...
64. asked the Home Secretary whether he has any information with regard to the number of branches of the Irish Self-Determination League in London and throughout the country; what does he...
May I ask the right hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any news with reference to Southern Ireland that he can give to the House?
Mr. FOOT: 15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware of the conditions as to rent and otherwise which the dockyard authorities seek to impose on licensed boatmen...
21. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will inquire into the circumstances of the case of J. G. S. Holbrook, of I, Richmond Terrace, Pear Tree Road, Derby, who was employed at the...
23. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons unemployed in the yarn spinning industry?
27. asked the Minister of Labour whether his Department prosecutes persons who receive unemployment pay under false pretences: and, if so, can he state the number of prosecutions and convictions...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 29. asked the Minister of Health the present rate of annual expenditure, based on the latest returns, of money spent in the way of public assistance from all sources for...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether he has now had replies to his Circular No. 298 to boards of guardians; if he can give the House figures showing the amounts spent by hoards of guardians...
36. asked the Minister of Health what are the respective percentages of the inhabitants now in receipt of Poor Law assistance in Rother-ham, Sheffield, Bournemouth, and Bath; and whether he will...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now announce any decision concerning the gap of five weeks in unemployment insurance benefit which he promised to consider when he received, on 20th...
24. asked the Minister of Labour why unemployment benefit is still paid to 30,000 women in London, and to thousands of girls over school age, when for most of them domestic service is immediately...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 30. asked the Minister of Health the number of houses in the United Kingdom which have been condemned by local authorities or their medical officers of health as unfit for human...
35. asked the Minister of Health what proportion in the value of cottage property erected by public utility societies can now be borrowed from Government sources; and whether his attention has...
37. asked the Minister of Health whether a confidential circular has been issued from the Ministry of Health withdrawing the allowance for extra food for ex-service men under treatment, in...
52. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the rents and consequent heavy rates being paid by ex-service land settlers, he will take steps to secure a permanent reduction of rents...
44. asked the Minister of Agriculture in what years, if any, since 1st January, 1910, the herds of the United Kingdom have been completely free from all of the scheduled diseases?
45. asked the Prime Minister which is the Departmental list that deals with the names of foreigners that are to be submitted for honours?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of under-em-ployment and unrest in the coalfields, and the approaching expiration of the agreement between miners and owners, he will consider the...
62. asked the Secretary for Mines whether, seeing that the coal merchants of London have reduced the price by 9s. per ton, what reduction has been secured by the said merchants from the colliery...
38. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any particulars regarding the murder of British officers in Kurdistan; and whether he will explain the exact responsibility of His...
39. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why it is essential for the success of the present financial negotiations for the development of British Guiana that control of the finances of...
40. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the serious effect produced on the trade of British West Africa by the present export duties; and whether...
48. asked the Prime Minister when it is intended that the Debate on the Canadian cattle embargo should take place: and what is the policy of the Cabinet on this subject?
50. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government has yet fixed a date for the ratification of the Treaties negotiated at the Washington Conference or a date for the introduction of...
51. asked the Prime Minister if the Interim Reports of the Committee appointed by the Government for the amalgamation or coordination of certain services common to the Navy, Army, and Air Force...
54. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, although Oldham and Rochdale are included in the revised edition of the Manchester Telephone Directory, places nearer to Manchester,...
56. asked the President of the Board of Education how many local education authorities have adopted the Burnham Scale I, how many have adopted Scale II, how many have adopted Scale III, and how...
58. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Mr. B. Tyman, of 16, Hilda Terrace, Stanley, County Durham, late Durham Light Infantry, Identity No....
60. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to a memorandum with regard to the disposal of Gretna factory circulated to Members by the Annan Town...
Sir F. HALL: 61. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what expenditure has been incurred up to the present in connection with the preparation of official histories in connection with the...
Sir F. HALL: 65. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps have been taken to obtain the extradition from Austria of Mr. G. L. Bevan; and whether, in view of the widespread...
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been drawn to allegations to the effect that, although the Irish Office has no concern with the affairs of the Free State, it has...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is any-written or verbal undertaking by His Majesty's Government to the Government of the United States of America...
59. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India for what reason the revised rates of pay for British officers of the Indian Army, published in Indian Army Instructions of 28th June, 1921, by...
May I ask why Question No. 18 has not been called?
Can the Secretary of State for the Colonies say to what extent the Government propose to go on the Order Paper to-day?
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended], from the Local Legislation Committee; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
For the County of Glamorgan (Gower Division), in the room of JOHN WILLIAMS, deceased.—[Wr. Fred Hall.
"to amend the Law as respects certain matters in connection with which the consent of the Railway and Canal Commission is required," presented by Lieut. -Colonel Sir ROBERT SANDERS; supported by...
Mr. JOHN WILLIAM WILSON reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had appointed Mr. Rendall to act as Chairman of Standing Committee A (in respect of the Adoption of Children Bill); Sir...
That they have agreed to: Pilotage Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill, without Amendment.
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 177.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 178.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
It is hereby declared that the powers of the Board of Trade under the said Act of 1920 extend to the said exhibition notwithstanding any 6uch alteration as is hereinbefore referred to in the...
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Mr. Adamson, Sir John Butcher, Major Cope, Mr. James Gardiner, Major Hills, Mr. Morgan Jones, Mr. Murchison, Mr. Alexander Shaw, and Mrs. Wintringham nominated Members of the Select Committee.
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