Mercher, 4 Gorffennaf 1923
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in, the Chair.
River Wear Watch Bill [Lords],
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the firm of Messrs. S. Pearson and Son are now engaged in carrying out any works in the Sudan which were originally started under...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any representations from the missionary bodies as to the serious effect on their work in China from the existing...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the apprehensions felt in commercial circles at the trade outlook in China, due to the disturbed internal...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that timber belonging to British firms has been seized by the Russian Soviet Government in Russia; that no...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that accredited diplomatic representatives of the Japanese and Russian Governments have been appointed to discuss matters of moment to both States,...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the judgment which has just been given by the Court of Appeal of the United States of America in...
Mr. GRAHAM WHITE: 7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to ratify the protocol on international commercial arbitration...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps it is proposed to take in regard to the breach of the Mudania Convention which was recently proved by the capture by a British...
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether an undertaking was given by the Polish Government when the partition of Upper Silesia was arranged that Poland would refrain...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Great Britain still adheres to the declaration set forth in the Berlin Act of 1885 that traffic in slaves, whether by land or...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the approximate date upon which the contracts for the four capital ships, since cancelled, were placed, and the approximate date of the placing of the...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, seeing that no part of the proposed reduction to be made in the pay of the Army will be applicable to officers, noncommissioned officers, and...
17. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that the practice of the Treasury in the case of re-employment of civil pensioners, where the pension is suspended on...
14 asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what has been the total cost involved in creating the naval base at Rosyth; and what features in Rosyth required for the maintenance of a fleet in wartime...
20. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that British subjects enrolled for work in France have been drafted into Germany to be used as strike-breakers in...
21. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the case of R. Carter, of Barrow-in-Furness, who refused employment in Kendal, 43 miles away, and where the rate is...
28. asked the Minister of Labour whether he proposes that juvenile unemployment centres shall remain closed from July till 17th September; and whether he will consider the possibility of making a...
33. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that Mr. Marsh, 20 Court, 4 House, Dudley Port, Tipton, who was unemployed, recently made application for relief from the Dudley Board of...
26. asked the Minister of Labour whether in certain areas great difficulty is experienced, owing to the prevalence of unemployment, in obtaining workers' representation on the rota committees...
27. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will now take steps to bring together the parties in the boilermakers' dispute; how many men are involved in this dispute; how many thrown out of work...
32. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the request for the inclusion of eyesight failure in the Workmen's Compensation Act, his Department possesses any reliable record showing how...
35. asked the Minister of Health the result of his consideration of Regulations for the proper labelling of skimmed dried milks as unfit for children?
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 36 and 50. asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he is aware that, in view of the fact that by refusing to allow the Middlesbrough Corporation to purchase foreign...
39. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that in the Report of the Surrey county medical officer of health for 1922 it is stated on page 32 that almost all the houses in Bath Road and Rock...
40. asked the Minister of Health the total number of houses for the working classes that were estimated at the end of the War to be required by the local housing authorities in the administrative...
43. asked the Minister of Health whether he can lay upon the Table or place in the Library information relating to the new dwellings in New York, United States of America, which are free from...
54. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received any communication from the Welfare Association of the London County Council White Hart Lane. Estate informing him that the majority of the...
42. asked, the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Glasgow Corporation has agreed to pay £6,292 for 6½ acres of ground at Langlands Road, Govan, and that the owner of these acres...
59. asked the Attorney-General if he will arrange that all judgments given in the High Court of Justice for £20 or over and unsatisfied at the expiration of 21 days from the day judgment is...
60. asked the Attorney-General if he is aware that great hardship is often inflicted on persons who have to resort to moneylenders and who, through ignorance of the law and inability to pay for...
61. asked the First Commissioner of Works if he will make an order, under the Ancient Monuments Consolidation Amendment Act, 1913, for the preservation of the ruins of great literary and...
44. asked the Minister of Health what is the proportion of vaccinated to unvaccinated children of the age of 10 years and under; whether there has been any progressive change in this proportion;...
48. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the institutional staff employed by the Edmonton Board of Guardians has increased since 1914 from 313 to 671; that the cost of salaries...
52. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to a resolution in reference to ex-service men in mental hospitals who have been transferred to the pauper class passed by...
55. asked the Minister of Health what is the weekly cost per inmate of the Norwich and Small-burgh unions, distinguishing between adults, juveniles, and infirmary cases?
56. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that Poor Law midwifery fees have not been revised since 1847; and whether he will take steps to bring them into line with the fees ruling at...
57. asked the Minister of Health if it is proposed to introduce a Bill to give effect to the recommendations of the Select Committee on Patent Medicines, proposals for which were agreed with the...
62. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is able to state what proportion of the sum of £100,000, allocated from the Navy and Army Canteen Board's funds after the Armistice...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is yet in a position to state the attitude of the Government towards the recommendations made in the two interim Reports of the Departmental Committee on...
65. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, having regard to the fact that the British film production industry is being destroyed by the dumping of American films, he will consider...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the holding up of ship plates on the Ruhr is still delaying ship construction in this country; and whether adequate supplies of these plates...
72. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what amount of reduction in expenditure on the Indian Army and British troops stationed in India was recommended by the Inchcape Committee; and...
73. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will give a statement showing the combatant strengths of all arms of the Army in India, both British and Indian, in 1913, and the...
Sir T. HENDERSON: 74. asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health if he will say, with reference to the small holding at Harrietsfield, on the Ancrum House estate, recently vacated,...
75. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is satisfied that the present methods in the production of aircraft are safe and reliable; whether he is aware that, for instance, in the works...
76. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has now completed his promised inquiry into the complaints raised concerning the stamping or non-stamping of voting papers at...
63. asked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the authorities of the Alexander Military Hospital on Ports-down Hill, Portsmouth, do not give attention to cases of...
64. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware that Canadian hay is being supplied to troops in the Aldershot Command and to other garrisons in this country; if the...
69. asked the Secretary for Mines the total coal output for the County of Yorkshire for the year ending 31st March, 1923; what was the total amount paid in royalties; and what was the amount of...
70 asked the Postmaster-General (1) whether his attention has been called to the fact that, though registered newspapers which when made up for the post weigh less than two ounces are...
77. asked the Home Secretary whether he is now able to state the policy of the Home Office in respect to allowing motor omnibuses with hoods to be placed on the streets?
79. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of bulk and standard barrels produced in Great Britain in April and May, 1922 and 1923, respectively?
80. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the nature of the complaints, if any, made with reference to the printing of the "London Gazette" by Messrs. Wyman; and was there any particular...
82. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give any assurance that, when issuing revised regulations in connection with the payment of Entertainments Duty, the Commissioners...
86. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Jews and how many persons who, though not professing Jews, are of Jewish extraction are included among the superior officers of...
87 and 88. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether, seeing that white men in Kenya Colony, charged with causing the death of natives, are tried by juries composed...
89. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the native chiefs of Barotseland, including some of the signatories of the original concession, dispute strongly...
38. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, for 50 years prior to 1918, the Local Government Board published lists, entitled Returns of deaths upon which a Coroner's jury has returned a...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that there are about 25,000 dock workers out on strike in several seaport towns, as a protest against the reduction of 1s. per day...
"to amend the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1923," presented by Lieut.-Colonel ARTHUR MURRAY, supported by Major Dudgeon, Mr. Falconer, Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Frederick Martin, Major Sir...
That they have agreed to,
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Ministry of Health Provisional Orders (No. 9) Bill,
Order for Third Reading read.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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