Mawrth, 25 Gorffennaf 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (No Standing Orders applicable),—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following...
1. asked the Secretary of State for War what are the names of the members of the Council of the United Services Fund; what, if any, payment is made for their services; and if the Council meets daily?
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of the East Riding Constabulary have secured their pension under Section 6 (3) of the Police Pensions Act, 1921; whether...
16. asked the Home Secretary whether he has given any instructions to police authorities as to the measures to be adopted in reducing the strength of the forces; and, if so, whether in any future...
17. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the conditions of life of children living on canal boats and in caravans; if he is aware that probably more than half receive no...
4. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the number of officials and the cost of their establishments in Kenya Colony for the years 1914 and 1921?
5. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the proceedings in the mandated area of South-West Africa, which include the bombing of Hottentot villages...
7. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will take steps at the earliest possible moment to take advantage of the suggestion of the Irish Provisional Government and arrange for...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that, contrary to the terms of the Treaty, district and parish Republican courts are still operating in Southern Ireland and...
Dr. MURRAY: 11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the market value of palm kernels to-day at Lagos, Nigeria, and the percentage of export duty, excluding the differential duty...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what amount of revenue remained uncollected at the close of the year 1921 in the Dependencies of Kenya, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast and Nigeria?
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the mandated area of the Cameroons is a cocoa-producing area; and whether any export duty has been placed upon cocoa?
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether a service of motor omnibuses has been established between Bagdad and Aleppo; whether this service is expected to be self-supporting and,...
21. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that postal communications bearing a halfpenny stamp posted in London after 3.30 p.m. are not delivered to London addresses the following day; and...
22. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men lodged in institutions conducted by his ministry who are certifiable under the Lunacy Acts, but who...
23. asked the Minister of Pensions the greatest sum that the widow of a deceased private soldier may receive under the alternative pensions scheme, and the greatest sum that a widow whose son,...
25. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will make inquiries into the case of Mr. James Lindsay, of Shropham, Norfolk, whose pension was stopped on the death of his son. Private Albert Edward...
26. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that Private James Deas, No. 20166, Machine Gun Corps, was transferred to Class W of the Army Reserve on the 23rd November, 1916, for work in the...
24. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the frequent rejection of claims to pension, made by either a man or widow, on the ground that removal from duty was...
30. asked the Minister of Pensions the numbers of the staff engaged in the Pensions Issue Office, distinguishing ex-service men, non-service staff and women staff?
31. asked the Minister of Pensions whether temporary non-service officers who have become substitutable in one branch of the Ministry of Pensions have been transferred to another branch; whether...
Mr. L. MALONE: 36. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether any applications have been made by air transport lines to operate an aeroplane service on the London to India route; and, if so,...
40. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he has been able to consult the Lord Chamberlain as to the possibility of...
41. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, for what purpose a but is now being erected on the Horse Guards Parade; and what it...
34. asked the Secretary of State for Air what is the total personnel of the Royal Air Service, male and female, respectively; how many of these are considered to be available to act as pilots and...
35. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he can give details as to the experimental Royal Air Force torpedo school at Gosport and as to the work carried on there."
18. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to certain criticisms of the prison and Borstal system contained in a Report on prisons recently issued; and, in view of the nature...
43. asked the Minister of Health the number of persons in receipt of outdoor relief and indoor relief on 1st January, 1921, 1st July, 1921, 1st. January, 1922, and 1st July, 192.2, respectively?
Mr. MALONE: 19. asked the Home. Secretary whether he will consider introducing legislation in order to prevent the granting of licences to drive motor cars and other motor vehicles to persons who...
45. asked the Prime. Minister whether he can state, approximately, the amount of the taxation per head in Great Britain and Germany, respectively, in British sterling; whether many wealthy...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the fact that only four out of the seven German war criminals, whose names were submitted by the British Government for trial...
Mr. MALONE: 59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer who are the members of the Allied Committee of Guarantees dealing with Germany; whether the Committee has any powers beyond the right of...
47 and 48. asked the Prime Minister (1) what will be the number of each of the classes of which the new Upper House is to be composed;
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 49. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the Government's refusal to accept the definition of a necessitous area for the purposes of a special grant recently...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has considered the advisability of appointing among its representatives or substitute representatives on the Assembly of the League of Nations,...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guarantees the Treasury have stated their willingness to give under the Trade Facilities Act, 1921, since the date, 30th June when the last list was...
33. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Return of Total Expenditure under certain Acts of Parliament is to be brought up to date for 1921; and, if so, when the Return will be...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the names of the members of the Departmental Committee who are to consider the School Teachers (Superannuation) Act, 1918, in accordance with the terms...
67. asked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the effects of unemployment on apprentices in the skilled trades; whether he is aware that apprentices...
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what rate of interest has so far been charged on our debt to the United States of America; and whether, in view of cheaper money, this rate will now be...
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can give details of the commodities imported from Germany upon which the sum of £107,000 has been collected under the Safeguarding of...
65. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that many persons in the Borough of Deptford, whose houses were wrecked as a result of the air raid in 1015, have as yet received...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 68. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether any vessels have been, or are intended to be, sunk when condemned as obsolete instead of being broken up for scrap...
69. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will clear up misunderstandings by stating the reasons why young officers were not forthcoming when the Air Ministry asked if 400...
Captain TERRELL: 32. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state the policy of the Government on the subject of the relief of agriculture from local taxation; and whether there is any...
Captain TERRELL: 33. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether indications have reached him within recent times showing the economic embarrassment of farmers, due to inability to complete the...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, although normally the annually revised local valuation rolls in Scotland are adopted as the basis for taxation under Schedule A...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether any papers in regard to the Hague Conference will he circulated to Members in time for to-morrow's Debate?
I wish to ask you, Mr. Speaker, to repair an omission in the Division List of last night. For years I have taken a very strong interest in the question of the Canadian cattle embargo. I voted...
DAVID REES GRENTELL, Esquire, for the County of Glamorgan (Gower Division)—
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN (Leader of the House): I beg to move, "That Mr. Horatio Bottomley do attend this House in his place upon Tuesday next." In making this Motion, I feel that the House will not...
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee C.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee C.
Lambeth Borough Council (Superannuation) Bill,
Special Report brought up, and read: Special Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. Minutes of Proceedings to be printed.
Mr. JOHN WILLIAM WILSON reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had appointed Sir William Pearce to act as Chairman of Standing Committee B (in respect of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment)...
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow, and to he printed. [Bill 211.]
That they have agreed to—
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Fifteen Members to Standing Committee 13 (in respect of the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Bill...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee: That they had added the following Eleven Members to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Education (Scotland)...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C: Dr. Worsfold.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee: That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee D) (added in respect of the Railway and Canal Commission (Consents)...
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN (Leader of the House): I beg to move: That, except on Fridays, Government Business, until the Summer Adjournment, be not interrupted under the provisions of any Standing Order...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
PROVISION TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SECTION 32 (2) OF THE SCHEDULE TO THE ELECTRIC LIGHTING (CLAUSES) ACT, 1899.
I think it will be for the convenience of the House if I ask the Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury what the Government intend with regard to the remaining business to-day and in the...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Bill be now read the Third time."
Considered in Committee.
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1919, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made hr the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Atherton Urban District Council,...
I beg to move, That, in accordance with the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act, 1919, this House do direct that the Pluralities Act, 1838 (Amendment) Measure, 1922, be presented to His...
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