Mawrth, 19 Chwefror 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mr. Forestier-Walker, Colonel Gretton, Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Frederick Hall, Mr. William Nicholson, Mr. Reid, Mr. Kendall, Mr. George Thorne, Major Wheler, Mr. Cecil Wilson, and Major McKenzie Wood...
Ordered, that the Committee of Selection do nominate a Committee, not exceeding fifteen members, to be called the Local Legislation Committee, to whom shall be committed all Private Bills...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement regarding the negotiations which have taken place between the British Dyestuffs Corporation and the Interessen Gemeinschaft?
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether there are any certified instances of German goods being sent to this country via Ireland to evade British taxation; and what steps he is...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the great dissatisfaction at the slow procedure of the Reparation Claims Department; that there are many applicants still...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to give friendly societies equal treatment, to industrial insurance companies in respect to raising the limits of insurance on...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Overseas Trade Credit and Insurance Act has been extended to Russia; and whether steps have been taken or will be taken to simplify the...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade, whether, in view of the prevalence of illegal trawling, he will intimate his intention to put into operation Clause 469 of the Merchant Shipping Act,...
13. asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of United Kingdom produce exported to Russia during 1913, and how much of that total was represented by wholly and partly manufactured...
50. asked the Prime Minister what guarantee will be forthcoming, in the case of the extension of the Trade Facilities Act to Russia, that money advanced will be repaid to the British Treasury;...
14. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has ascertained the reasons why recent British tenders for the supply of five locomotives to the Indian State railways, and thereby to the...
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the recent increase in the price of petrol; and whether, in view of the necessity of supplies being available at...
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade what action was taken by his Department in the case of the SAS. "Hartington," from which cargo was discharged last year in the port of London without...
19. asked the President of the Board of Trade what were the exports of plantation rubber from the Netherlands East Indies and from British Malaya (the produce of British Malaya only) for the...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that certain clerical positions have recently been declared vacant at Trinity House and clerical officers brought in from the...
41. asked the Secretary of State for War if the per- manent joint secretary to the War Office on the financial side is retiring from that position on or about the 31st March next; and, if so, if...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 71. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on what basis the differentiation between the salaries of civil servants in London, Edinburgh, and the provinces,...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the large trade hitherto carried on in the sale of T cloths by the Lancashire mills with Tunis has been entirely cut off...
28. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the average number of workpeople employed in the British fabric-glove making industry during the year preceding the imposition...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 30. asked the President of the Board of Trade the highest and the lowest prices of British and foreign cement in this country for each half-year since 1919, or for such periods as...
31. asked the President of the Board of Trade who are the authorities responsible for incurring and for checking expenditure in connection with the British Empire Exhibition?
33. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the percentage preference allowed by each of the Dominions and Colonies on imports from Great Britain; what was the total amount of...
34. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, to stimulate recruiting, the Army Council has considered the desirability of guaranteeing security to both officers and men who accept the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for War how many X-ray operators were working, directly or indirectly, under his Department during the War; how many of them contracted forms of dermatitis and...
38. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can now publish the Report of the Committee which investigated the question of accountancy in the Army?
39. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that in March last Lance-Sergeant G. E. Palim, of the Royal Corps of Signals, received his discharge, after 12 years' service with an...
40. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Office le still in possession of Deptford Market; what rate is paid per annum; why is possession retained; and is he aware that a large...
37. asked the Secretary of State for War whether Major-General Wauchope has been making investigations in South Africa, on instruction from the War Office into the problem of empire migration;...
42. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he proposes, in the immediate future, to take steps to remedy the grievance of ranker officers in respect of their assessment for pension on the...
43. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Office has received representations from War Department workmen and their associations in relation to a scheme for the establishment of a...
45 asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to proceed with the Street Trading Bill?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to set up a national employment committee to investigate and recommend employment schemes of public utility on a scale commensurate with the...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 47. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that important matters of principle involved in the administrative work of the Unemployed Grants Committee must have the authority of...
48. asked the Prime Minister when the Debate will be taken on the resolutions of the Imperial Conference and the Imperial Economic Conference; what arrangements will be made for submitting the...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to introduce legislation repealing Section 2 of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920?
51. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that manu- facturers of motor cars and motor accessories find themselves in considerable difficulty in completing their business arrangements for...
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if Great Britain has paid her silver indebtedness (Pitman) to the United States of America; and, if so, what is the amount?
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated approximate cost of removing the means disqualification of old age pensions; the estimated cost of lowering the age limit of old...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the original cost of the Avonmouth controlled factory, near Bristol; whether it has been sold; if so, at what price; and who bought it?
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total annual amount received from the tax levied upon the subscriptions to welfare clubs?
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been called to the enormous profits recently disclosed by the Imperial Tobacco Company; and, in view of the necessity of reducing...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can see his way to dispense with the necessity for revenue stamping all documents now required to be stamped by entrants into certain of the...
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that there is a bonus allowance from public funds of 3d. per proof gallon of exported spirits; what is the estimated annual cost of the...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the balance of arrears of Income Tax and Super-tax to 31st January, 1923, and the amount collected of the arrears for previous years to date?
65. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Government, is going to restore the gold standard at an early date?
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the accounts and balance sheet of the British Phosphate Commission have been or will be presented to Parliament?
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the advisability of appointing a Royal Commission to inquire into the best means of liquidating in whole or in greater part the...
52. asked the Prime Minister if he has invited the leader of the Hungarian Socialist Democratic party to come to London to discuss the Hungarian situation with him?
54. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government intends to introduce legislation to counteract the alleged tendency to direct a great deal of our industrial effort to the production of goods...
53. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government intends to carry on the policy of stimulating cotton growing within the Empire; and, if so, whether the Government intends to stipulate that...
70. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Government holding of Anglo-Persian Oil Company's shares has enabled oil fuel to be supplied to the British Navy at prices which are not subject...
72. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to whom, and to what amounts, hereditary pensions are now being paid; and the total amount so paid up to 31st December, 1923?
74. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether arrangements can be made to issue free railway passes to Members travelling between their constituencies and London?
75. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that official receipts (A. and C. G. Form, No. 554) are being issued by the Accountant and Comptroller-General of Inland...
76. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any commission from his Department is to visit the Baltic republics; and, if so, whether he is able to state the approximate date for that visit...
77. asked the Secretary of State for War the number of British troops employed in Palestine; and if these troops involve any addition to the total numbers figuring in the Army Estimates?
May I ask a question with regard to the order of the questions on the Paper? During last Parliament it was arranged, I think through your courtesy, Sir, and through the courtesy of the Patronage...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether any undertaking to abide by the finding of the Court of Inquiry has been given by, or sought, from, the parties concerned in the docks dispute?
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now in a position to make a definite announcement regarding the future of the German reparation 26 per cent. levy which now...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the statement made by the defending solicitor and reported in to-day's Press at...
May I ask if there has been any change in the business for to-morrow as previously announced?
On this day fortnight, to call attention to the question of a national minimum wage, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. Compton.]
On this day fortnight, to call attention to foot-and-mouth disease in Cheshire, and to move a Resolution.—[Sir Charles Cayzer.]
On this day fortnight, to call attention to the pledges and promises made by the present Government at the recent Election, and to move a Resolution.—[Captain S. Herbert.]
"to amend the Law relating to the sale and supply of intoxicating liquor to bona fide travellers," presented by Mr. SAMUEL ROBERTS; supported by Rear-Admiral Sir Guy Gaunt, Mr. Harry Becker, and...
Considered in Committee.
There is a new Clause on the Paper—[Increase of benefit for children of insured person] in the name of the hon. and gallant Member for Central Hull (Lieut.-Commander Ken-worthy) which I...
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 71A.
I beg to move: That this House, whilst earnestly desiring the further limitation of armaments so far as is consistent with the safety and integrity of the Empire, affirms the principle laid down...
Motion made, and Question proposed: That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under...
Resolution reported, That it is expedient that the limitation of one hundred and forty thousand pounds imposed by Section eighteen of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, on the moneys which may be...
"to remove temporarily the limit of the moneys provided by Parliament for the purposes of the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1922," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a...
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