Llun, 19 Mawrth 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
GREENOCK CORPORATION BILL (SUBSTITUTED BILL),
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can yet state the terms of reference proposed for the Royal Commission on the Indian Civil Service; and will the terms of reference...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has now received from India the full statement for the release of the 107 so-called political prisoners by Sir William Marris, the...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what steps have been taken to carry out the undertaking given by the Secretary of State on the 15th and the 28th June, 1921, that the Government of...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Punjab Government have decided to reduce the police budget by three lakhs of rupees,...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what is the total amount in sterling for which orders have been placed since the 1st April, 1922, for the supply of rails rolling stock, and other...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any and, if so, how many Moplahs have been transported to the Adaman Islands; how many are imprisoned in jails in India and Burma; and...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the Foreman's Association of India regard the Indian Ordnance Factories Provident Fund as it now stands constitutes a...
9. asked the Secretary for Mines the amount of coal supplied free, or at prices below market rates, to the miners in the Durham and Northumberland districts during the months of December, 1922,...
10. asked the Secretary for Mines what proportion of under ground examiners in mines in charge of shifts are unqualified men; and whether he contemplates taking steps to reduce the number of men...
11. asked the Secretary for Mines how many prosecutions have been instituted by the Ministry against the mine owners or their agents for allowing the illegal use of dry rock-drills in the...
15. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the London and Cologne Steamship Company, Limited, of London, have had to cancel all sailings, both inwards and...
29. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the system of censorship established by the French authorities in the invaded German territories; that this censorship...
32. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is free passage at any and what points between the area occupied by the British Army of Occupation centred at Cologne and...
34. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state the number of German civilians who have been killed in the Ruhr by French soldiers during their occupation?
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when he intends to revert to the old pre-War passport application forms?
22. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have any additional information beyond that which has appeared in the newspapers concerning the loan of...
26. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Ambassadors' Conference has decided that Memel is to be awarded to Lithuania?
27. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Ambassadors' Conference have decided that Vilna shall be awarded to Poland; and what authority the Ambassadors' Conference...
Mr. CAINE: 48. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that recently Germany definitely offered France 7,500,000,000 dollars (seven billion five hundred million dollars) equal to approximately...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government has ratified the decision of the Council of Ambassadors to hand over the Sovereignty of...
30. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any steps have been taken to consult the States signatories of the North Sea Convention, 1882, as to the extension of the...
21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government have any information as to alleged purchases of war material in this country on behalf of the Polish...
24. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what advances have been made by His Majesty's Government to the Rumanian Government since the Armistice; whether, in making such...
36. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he will cause to be made a definite announcement to the effect that the Government will not admit any further liability...
Mr. GRAHAM WHITE: 37. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he is aware that the British export trade in dyed yarns to China is being crippled by the competition...
38. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that the Mexican Consul-General
39. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he will state what is the date of the last official figures he possesses with regard to our trade with Australia; and...
40. asked the Minister of Agriculture what further progress, if any, has been made by local authorities in reacquiring under the statutory powers land now held as allotments which is to be...
42. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the high retail price of bread in view of the cheapness of wheat; what is the average price paid to the British...
43. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is intended to issue an Order in Council allowing the importation of breeding stock into Great Britain?
44. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the railway companies have reduced the rates on cotton goods by 14 per cent., leaving those rates at 62½ per cent. above the...
63. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has any information as to the progress of the negotiations between the agricultural labourers who are on strike on a farm in Bedfordshire and...
66. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in introducing
Mr. BUXTON: 65. further asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will state the proportion of wheat grown in Great Britain to imported wheat in the years 1913, 1917, 1918, 1919, and 1922?
41. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is intended to publish the Report of the Cabinet Committee which was appointed to consider the use of mechanical instruments in slaughtering animals?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that since the recent introduction of the policy of taxing the export of raw produce from West Africa the exports there from have fallen both in...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether any attempt has been made by His Majesty's Government to arrive at a settlement with the Russian Government since the end of the Hague Conference; if he is...
49. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that British merchants are handicapped in doing business in Russia by the absence of diplomatic relations between the British and Russian Governments;...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that the increase of population is one of the main reasons which prevents a return to 1913 conditions, and that a wise and prudent scheme of...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to recent reports showing the existence of a grave situation in Egypt; whether he can make any statement thereon; and whether he...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the destruction of 20 tons of surplus fish in Edinburgh Fish Market because of the refusal of the railway companies to rail...
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 55. asked the Prime Minister whether he has given further consideration to the subject of the publication and sale by ex-Cabinet Ministers of confidential information...
Lieut-Colonel MURRAY: 56. asked the Prime Minister if he is now in a position to name the date and length of the Easter Adjournment?
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 57. asked the Prime Minister if he is now in a position to give the House an assurance that as soon as peace with Turkey is concluded there will be laid before Parliament...
58. asked the Prime Minister whether it was on the advice of His Majesty's Ministers in the United Kingdom or His Majesty's Ministers in the Dominion of Canada that the Canadian Minister...
60. asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to hold the next Imperial Conference and the Economic Conference?
67. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, and to what extent, he proposes to close hostels and other buildings under the jurisdiction of the Office of Works?
69. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether and, if so, when it is intended to remove the hutments from the quadrangle of the Government buildings on the south side of Downing Street?
70. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will, for the convenience of Members, have the tape fixed in the map room, and also the newspaper and tea rooms?
79. asked the hon. Member for Cheltenham, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, whether he is aware that potatoes of the finest quality can be purchased for approximately 30s. per ton; and if he...
I beg to ask you, Mr. Speaker, the following question: Whether, seeing that the Members' Gallery is now open to both sexes, you can arrange that after Easter admission to the Ladies' Gallery...
71. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health whether he is aware that the principal clerk of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, a married...
73. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that parts of the outer circle of the London area are being made dumping grounds for the refuse of the various borough councils situated...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 75. asked the Minister of Health if he will state the total amount of the loans which he has sanctioned boards of guardians to raise during the last two years for the...
88. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that unemployed ex-service men in Birmingham, having found employers who offer them work, are prevented from taking it because they are unable to...
89. asked the Minister of Labour how many persons in the Millom area of Cumberland who have been in receipt of unemployment benefit are now upon the gap; and how long they have been on the gap?
90. asked the Minister of Labour the number of men employed by the Glasgow Corporation on schemes assisted by Government grants?
74. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that in the village of Leybourne, near Maid- stone, there are three houses in habitable condition which have stood empty for two years, although...
76. asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the total sum still outstanding and due to the Ministry from local authorities and other purchasers of building materials for goods supplied...
81. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many boys are at present under training at the No. 1 school of technical training, Halton; what is the total expenditure to date in respect of major...
82. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that extra rations ordered by the ward doctor to ex-service men at the Orpington Hospital, Kent, have now been taken away on account of economy...
83. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is now in a position to announce his decision with reference to the recommendation of the Scottish regional advisory council of the Ministry that all...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has had any report of the attack on a peaceful delegation of Arabs by police in Jerusalem in which several persons...
Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALD: (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedure is to be followed in the event of the Irish Free State Government making...
(by Private Notice) asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that nearly 100 apprentices and ex-apprentices in His Majesty's Dockyard, Devonport, have just received their notices...
I wish to raise a point of Order which appears to me to be of considerable importance, involving, as it does, an encroachment upon the rights and privileges of the House. The late Home Secretary...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Unemployment Insurance Bill be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)."—...
STANDING COMMITTEE B.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
I beg to move, "That this House do now adjourn." I want, in the first place, to say that I would not have assisted in the Motion for the Adjournment to-night, if I had not had the feeling that...
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Consideration of Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee)
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