Mercher, 26 Gorffennaf 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Bill [Lords],
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under what Statute he refuses passports to British subjects, against whom no criminal proceedings are pending, who may desire to leave...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether agreements have been signed with the Transcaucasian Republic regarding postal, telegraph, railway and...
Colonel NEWMAN: 3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the Kingdom of Greece is still without full official recognition at the Court of St. James?
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a date has yet been fixed for the meeting of the British, Spanish and French plenipotentiaries to discuss the status of Tangier;...
5. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many aeroplanes, seaplanes, and pilots are at present with the China, East Indies and North American squadrons, respectively, or...
7. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if the Government will be willing to hand over a proportion of the ships' boats which are surplus to likely requirements to approved units,...
8. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that many men were invalided from the Royal Navy during the War from accidents or from physical breakdown; if such will...
11. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that it has been stated that the Government are unable to resume the issue of clasps to the fighting services at...
Sir S. ROBERTS: 45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is able to announce the decision of the Government as to the advancement of the date. for the commencement of the two new battleships?
18. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that there has been for now six months a dispute as to the rate of wages to be paid at the Cauklow Pit, Rotherham; that this is a very serious...
75. asked the Secretary for Mines whether any special action is being taken in respect of the disaster at East Plean Colliery?
76. asked the Secretary for Mines what total tonnage of British coal has been ordered for the United States; what is the average price for this coal at the British port; and what are the...
Sir F. HALL: 77. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been called to the rise in price of certain classes of coal following upon the increased demand for supplies from America...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 12. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the large amount of uncertainty existing as to the benefits payable under the Unemployment Insurance Acts on account of six...
15. asked the Minister of Labour how many of the 22,540 women and girls drawing benefit or on the gap in the Greater London area, upon the latest computation, have themselves Contributed their...
Mr. MALONE: 19. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the evidence given in the trial arising out of the Tipton explosion, to the effect that workers received only...
20. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any statement on the strike of compositors and whether in future proceedings by an industrial court both parties to a dispute will be asked to...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 22. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that in the publication "Housing," the official organ of the Ministry of Health's Housing Department, issued on 10th...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 29. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, notwithstanding the promise to the House by the Prime Minister on 21st July, 1921, that not a single house less would be...
24. asked the Minister of Health the number of prosecutions instituted in England and Wales in respect of the sale of milk for the last complete year for which figures are available, with the...
25. asked the Minister of Health whether a Committee of the Cabinet has been appointed upon the question of the valuation and rating of public utility undertakings; whether evidence is being...
26. asked the Minister of Health if he will now supply the House with the answers received in reply to his inquiries forwarded to the medical and dental profession concerning the necessity or...
27. asked the Minister of Health if, in view of the fact that large quantities of arsenic can be obtained from chemists by individuals merely signing a poison hook, he will take steps to...
Colonel NEWMAN: 30. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the pension officers in several districts are recommending for total discontinuance or for drastic reduction the old age...
Colonel NEWMAN: 31. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the heavy additional burdens which have been thrown on the ratepayer, he has considered whether unoccupied property should be...
33. asked the Minister of Health how many voluntary hoarders entered licensed houses and registered hospitals, respectively, in England and Wales during the year 1921; how many left of their own...
34. asked the Minister of Health if the Departmental Committee set up to inquire into the charges made by Dr. Montagu Lomax, in his book, "Experiences of an Asylum Doctor," has finished its work...
35. asked the Minister of Health whether any women inspectors of his Department are employed in visiting private schools in various parts of the country; if so, will he state what are the duties...
36. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the pension of William Brown, ex-Royal Irish Constabulary, which was due on the let of July, has not yet been paid; and whether...
38. asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that on 31st January, 1922, a Ford motor car, belonging to Mr. J. Betts Horrell, late district inspector, Royal Irish Constabulary, was taken by...
Mr. G. MURRAY: 43. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to lay upon the Table of the House his communication to the Provisional Government of Southern...
Mr. G. MURRAY: 44. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has consulted the Law Officers of the Crown as to whether Article 3 of the Draft Constitution of the Irish Free State...
39. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any agreed definition has been reached by the Powers signatory to the convention of St. Germain as to what constitutes trade spirits for...
40. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the murderers of Miss Lomax, who was murdered at her residence near the Garden Tomb, Jerusalem, on the 29th May, 1921, were sentenced to...
41. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that James Northrop, a British subject and an ex-sergeant major in the Royal Army Service Corps, against whom a charge of...
42. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken to give security to those responsible for soldiers' homes, hospitals, seamen's rests, and such buildings as have been...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the question of a new Turkish Peace Treaty will be discussed by him with M. Poincaré in London next week?
Mr. MALONE: 47. asked the Prime Minister where the next International Conference will be held; who will be invited; and what will be the agenda?
48. asked the Prime Minister whether either of the two Committees at present investigating the relations of the three fighting Services has under its terms of reference any power to make...
Captain BENN: 49. asked the Prime Minister what staff is at present solely under the control of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and how much of the staff of the Irish...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received a resolution from the Kettering Board of Guardians relative to disability pension of ex-service men still unfit for work, and the complaint...
78. asked the Minister of Pensions whether any representations have been made to the Ministry with regard to the inadequacy of the provision for speech specialist cases at the London Neurological...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 53. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, seeing that the Soviet Commissariat for Foreign Affairs has addressed a communication to its representatives abroad as to the...
54. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet received information as to the area of lands in native occupation in Kenya Colony alienated to white men since 1914?
56. asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will state the number of officials, respectively, in the Secretariat of the Air Ministry, and the technical Departments in receipt of total...
79. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that a Mr. Bolas, as a result of a recent examination, was appointed to a permanent position in his Department at a salary of £100 per annum...
Captain BENN: 57. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he proposes to take any action in consequence of the decision of the House to remove the Canadian cattle embargo?
58. asked the hon. Member for the Pollock Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether an hour has been fixed when Members will be enabled to inspect the roof of...
Sir F. HALL: 59. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he will consider the possibility of making a small charge on...
60. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, what are the Regulations as regards laying wreaths on the Cenotaph; is there any...
61. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether any Sunday games are allowed in any of the Royal parks in London and...
62. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any official information that the Canadian Government has brought forward proposals for the abolition of its legislation regarding...
64. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to an article by Professor Henry G. Armstrong on the dyestuff situation, published in the Press on Monday the...
Vice-Admiral Sir R. HALL: 65. asked the President of the Board of Trade if, he will state by what authority the ships of the Patriotic Steamship Company's fleet fly the red ensign; what is the...
67. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider the advisability of finding a substitute word for either five or nine for use in the telephone system, so as to avoid the confusion of...
68. asked the Postmaster-General whether an undertaking has been given to the manufacturers intending to establish wireless broadcasting stations in this country that no imported wireless sets...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the order for the deportation of Zaghloul Pasha was made before the declaration of independence of Egypt state under what authority the order...
72. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the recent firing of big guns for practice near the village of Penally, in Pembrokeshire, caused great inconvenience and distress to...
74. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that the land occupied by the Catterick High Camp was part of the best agricultural land in Yorkshire, the War Office...
80. asked the President of the Board of Education whether the Birmingham day continuation schools have been abandoned by administrative action; and, if so, why Parliament is being asked to...
82. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that in September, 1921, 212 ex-service men qualified in the examination for the posts of officers of Customs and Excise; that 100...
84. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is in a position to state the result of his inquiries into the case of persons who are brought before the Sheffield Bench and...
The following question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Sir WILLIAM DAVISON:
May I ask the Leader of the House what Orders on the Paper he proposes to take in the event of the Supply Votes and the Divisions thereon being concluded by about half-past eleven?
Probably it will meet the convenience of the Committee if at the outset of this Debate I attempt to give hon. Members a general review of the work of The Hague Conference and an appreciation of...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,953,624, he 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £4,730,009, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £6,825,152, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £32,545,207, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,298,596, he 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £71,194,498, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £25,831,796, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,040,000, 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 314...
"That a sum, not exceeding £10,000, 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 day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £900,000 (including a Supplementary sum of £500,000), be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course...
"That a sum, not exceeding £300,000, 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 day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £27,010, 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 day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,300,000, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £3,750,000 (including a Supplementary sum of £2,750,000), be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
"That a sum, not exceeding £2,000,000, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £2,085,900, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £31,485,000, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £600, 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 day of...
"That a sum, not exceeding £2,000,000, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £20,000, 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 day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £3,000, 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 day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £4,400,000, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £10,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1923, for grants to...
"That a sum not exceeding £6,674,781, 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...
"That a sum, not exceeding £19,102,200, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1923, for...
"That a sum, not exceeding £34,300,100, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charges for Army Services, including Army (Ordnance Factories), which will come...
"That a sum, not exceeding £2,463,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st (1.4y of March, 1923, for...
Considered in Committee.
"to promote Temperance in England by conferring on the Parliamentary electors in prescribed areas control over the grant and renewal of licences for the sale of intoxicating liquors, and to amend...
"to deal with certain Expiring Laws by making some of them permanent, repealing others, and continuing the remainder for a limited period," presented by Mr. HILTON YOUNG; supported by Sir Robert...
Clare College, Cambridge (Blythe's Benefaction), Bill [Lords],
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee B.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee B.
Reported, with an Amendment, from Standing Committee D.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C: Captain Rankin; and had appointed in substitution (during the...
Reported, with Amendments, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
Reported, with Amendments, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
That they have agreed to—
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow.
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £188,643, 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...
Motion made, and Question proposed., That a sum, not exceeding £751,943, he granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Order for consideration of Lords Amendments read.
"(2) This Section shall be deemed to have had effect as from the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-two."
(1) In the applications of this Act to Scotland two shillings and nine pence shall be substituted for two shillings and four pence halfpenny, the Scottish Board of Health shall be substituted for...
Not amended (in the Standing Committee) considered; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
I beg to move, That, in accordance with the Church of England Assembly (Powers) Act, 1919, this House do direct that the Revised Tables of Lessons Measure, 1922, be presented to His Majesty for...
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