Iau, 10 Mai 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
PRIVATE BILLS [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),
I beg to present a petition signed by women employed as clerical workers who have served the State in His Majesty's Forces or in civil Departments, drawing attention to the fact that those...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in the proposed fusion of the East and West Midland regions and the establishment of the headquarters of the new combined area at Birmingham, the staff...
73. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether secretariats have been introduced by and with the approval of the Treasury as separate divisions of the staff and administration of Government...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether lessons in lip-reading are granted as of right to all ex-service men suffering from deafness due to War service; whether he is satisfied that 25 lessons...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the operation of Article 23 of the Royal Warrant on Pensions, whereby a pension granted to a mother in respect of her...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 5. asked the Minister of Pensions how many applications for widows' pensions and how many applications for dependants' pensions have been refused owing to the pensioner's...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will be prepared to grant authority to local officials of the British Legion to attest pensioners' declaration on identity certificates?
8. asked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of men in receipt of home treatment without allowances in each region?
10. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of cases brought before the House of Lords Appeal Tribunal, Birmingham, for the six months ending 31st December, 1922, and also for the same period...
13. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Mrs. Hodson, of 2, Stafford Street, Wednesbury, has had her pension reduced from 16s. per week to 10s.; whether this is her sole source...
18. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in order to reduce the amount of inconvenience to which men are put by their draft books not being available at Post Offices, he has decided to extend...
21. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that a newspaper cutting containing critical remarks against the treatment meted out to ex-soldiers made by Mr. T. W. Gorringe, late...
23. asked the Minister of Pensions if a soldier who marries whilst on service, but in attendance or resident at a military hospital, is entitled, if subsequently pensioned, to an allowance for...
26. asked the Minister of Pensions why, seeing that the revised scheme for parents' need pensions does not recognise temporary sickness as creating a condition of need entitling a parent to a...
27. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will have inquiries made into the case of P. Molloy, late Labour Corps, of 67, Queen Street, Wigan, whose appeal to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal against a...
28. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of serious and fatal accidents, respectively, which have occurred during each year since 1919, as a result of riding on the...
29. asked the Home Secretary the number of fatal accidents which have occurred to children under 12 years of age during each year since 1919 as a result of injuries due to motor traffic?
32. asked the Home Secretary whether, in order to diminish the risk of accident to passengers alighting from or entering tramcars, he will consider the desirability of issuing Regulations whereby...
Mr. ERSKINE: 33. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that in Conduit Street and other thoroughfares in the West End of London the custom of parking motor cars in the centre of the street...
30. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that certain local authorities have in many cases granted no increase of pension under the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920, and that police...
31. asked the Home Secretary whether the practice of issuing warrants for the opening of all correspondence addressed to certain individuals was introduced during the War; whether in the case of...
34. asked the Home Secretary whether the Irish deportees brought over to this country are allowed to communicate with their friends before appearing before the Advisory Committee with the object...
35. asked the Home Secretary whether he can now see his way to remove the restrictions imposed on the sale of tobacco and chocolates in theatres and elsewhere, which were imposed in war time in...
36. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that by a Treasury Minute issued on 20th February, 1891, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that the deficiency then existing in the...
38. asked the Home Secretary whether the officer responsible for the police arrangements in connection with the football cup final at Wembley received a letter despatched on 23rd April from the...
40. asked the Home Secretary whether the Metropolitan Police who control road traffic in the streets of London are specially trained for this work; whether they receive any extra pay or...
41. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been drawn to paragraph 41 of the recent Report of the committee to consider County Court fees, in which they say that substantial fees are...
42. asked the President of the Board of Education whether Sections 11 to 16 of the Education Act, 1921, which deal with the submission of schemes by the local education authorities to the Board,...
43. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will initiate legislation conferring upon the Universities of Bristol, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, and other universities civil and...
44. asked the President to the Board of Education the number of elementary schools in urban districts and in rural districts, respectively, in England and Wales in which school gardening is taught?
54. asked the President of the Board of Education the approximate number of children holding free places in secondary shools in England and Wales; and how many of these children come from...
55. asked the President of the Board of Education if he has any information showing the approximate number of students who will be leaving the training colleges in July next?
56. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of children in the special schools for teaching the deaf; and if there are any statistics to show the number of deaf children in to...
57. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware of the urgent need in the town of Cockermouth for a secondary school; that over 200 families are compelled to send their children...
59. asked the President of the Board of Education if he has considered the advisability of securing that service as a teacher and as one of His Majesty's inspectors of schools should be regarded...
60. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that the West Riding County Council Education Committee made application in March, 1921, to be allowed to erect a hut in which to...
Colonel NEWMAN: 45. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the ties in commerce and sport which existed between the British and Magyar nations before the War, he will use his...
48. asked the. Prime Minister whether, as the policy pursued in answering the German Reparation Note indicates a widening divergency between the French and British Governments, he will enter into...
Major BROWN: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the injurious effect upon health and property in many districts due to subsidence caused by mining operations and of the...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the recent decision of the Supreme Court in the United States, he will state what steps the Government proposes to take to uphold the hitherto...
Captain BENN: 61. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether money recently voted for purchasing aircraft and engines will be spent in the purchase of new types of aircraft and engines, or in...
62. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will take steps to compare from time to time the scale of pay and emoluments paid to members of the Royal Air Force with those paid to...
63. asked the Secretary for Air whether he has yet seen the text of the recently concluded aviation convention between France and Czechaslovakia; and can he state what steps are being taken to...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he stated in a speech on 1st May last that, judged by every standard of defence, our Air Force at present was not strong enough; whether this was...
Captain BENN: 66. asked the Secretary of State for Air what are the international instruments governing the flight of civil aircraft over Germany; if copies are available; and what is the...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether it is proposed to appoint a Select Committee this Session to inquire into the question of an alteration in the periods of the year at which the House of...
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the necessary authorisation has not been received to make payments for work done under the forestry unemployment grants scheme...
Colonel NEWMAN: 70. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Royal Commission on Income Tax reported in 1920 that a reassessment of the whole country at one and the same...
71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what increase in rateable value was shown by the quinquennial valuation of 1920 in London as compared with that made at the previous valuation?
74. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he proposes to take as to those of his tax officers who require payment of taxes from business firms, the latter having reclaim amounts of a...
77. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in proposed legislation in relation to Income Tax, he will consider the advisability of the abolition, so far as possible, of estimated and...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information about the reported arrest of the Bull trawler "Lord Astor" while fishing off the Murmansk...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the Debate on Tuesday next, he will cancel the fourth paragraph in the covering despatch from Lord Curzon to Mr. Hodgson in Moscow...
(by Private Notice) asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has any further information regarding the sinking of the British India Company's s.s. "Okara," reported in the Press as having...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received any further information in relation to the case of the boy Arthur Sullivan, who, it was asserted,...
Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALD: May I ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what Business is to be taken next week?
"to amend the Law relating to separation and maintenance orders," presented by Sir ROBERT NEWMAN; supported by Mrs. Wintringham, Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. Gerald Hurst, Mr. Sexton, and...
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the table, and to be printed.
Mr. TURTON reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had appointed Mr. Hodge to act as Chairman of Standing Committee B (in respect of the Explosives Bill [Lords] and the Forestry (Transfer...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Sir Joseph Hood.
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 128.]
[6TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £113,707, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
I beg to move to reduce the Vote by £100. I rise to call the attention of the Committee to a very grave and urgent matter connected with the government of the Saar area. We have had many...
Mr. J. RAMSAY MacDONALD: I only venture to intervene in this Debate in order to put a supplementary question arising out of a reply given this afternoon by the Under-Secretary for Foreign...
I am sure the statement we have just heard from the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs will have caused great relief to every Member on this side of the House. A war between Russia and...
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to authorise the charge on, and payment out of, the Consolidated Fund, or the grooving produce thereof to the land revenue of the Crown, of compensation...
Ordered, "That Mr. Hope Simpson and Mr. Trevelyan be discharged from the Joint Standing Committee on Indian Affairs.
Ordered, "That Sir Henry Norman be discharged from the Joint Committee on Nationality of Married Women.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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