Mawrth, 6 Mai 1924
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),
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to a passage in the Special Report of Lord Blanesburgh's Committee [Cmd. 2046], in which it is calculated that,...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider the restoration of the Plimsoll line Regulations; and if he is aware of the beneficial effect this would have upon the...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the complaints of shipmasters at the lack of wireless direction-finding stations on the coasts of the United...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the need felt by many officers of the mercantile marine for some form of contributory pension or superannuation scheme; whether...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that dissatisfaction exists among seafarers owing to the imposition of a fee for examination in lifeboat drill, and that,...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether an opportunity will be afforded, and under what Vote, for the discussion of the £300,000 which it is proposed to allocate as a final...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any inquiries have recently been made as to the conditions of family allowances to married soldiers serving in India as compared with services...
14. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that a young officer joining the cavalry must have his pay supplemented by £300 a year and upwards, according to the regiment, and...
15. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can explain why Lieutenant C. H. Clendinning, 3rd battalion Royal Irish Rifles, who was detained as an alleged mental case at the station...
Sir F. HALL: 18. asked the Secretary of State for War what were the numbers of recruits to the British Army during the Great War from the Ulster and Free State counties of Ireland, respectively,...
19. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether, considering the importance of the workmen in the employ of the Government being able to visit the Empire Exhibition at Wembley, and...
20. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether, in view of the importance of launching his scheme for assistance to fishermen in the replacement of lost and damaged gear in time to enable the...
21. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he will arrange with the parish councils that when, after the 15th May, the increase of 3s. is granted as an addition to unemployment benefit, no...
26. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is now in a position to make any announcement regarding the cancellation of whaling licences in Shetland during the current year?
Mr. MACGREGOR MITCHELL: 27. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether the Government intend to provide in the case of Sheriff Court officials that all back services shall count for pension...
28. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the serious pollution of the River Leven, in Fife; and whether, in view of the danger to public health thereby...
30. asked the Secretary for Mines if he can now say when the Report of the inquiry into the Gartshore mining disaster will be issued?
31. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is in a position to report any farther progress in his investigations into the prices, etc., of coal sold to householders?
32. asked the Minister of Transport when the Roads Advisory Committee was appointed; who are its members; how many meetings of the Committee have taken place; what subjects have been referred to...
34. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is now prepared to state what grants can be given to rural district councils towards the maintenance and improvement of third-class and unclassified...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 36. asked the Minister of Transport whether his recent pronouncement in favour of the nationalisation of the great main roads of the country represents the views of the...
Mr. THOMSON: 38. asked the Minister of Transport whether, before introducing any Bill to amend the existing regulations affecting the lighting of road vehicles, he will consent to receive a...
39. asked the Minister of Transport if, in view of the necessity of the interests of railway passengers being adequately represented on the Railway Rates Tribunal, he will appoint one from the...
33. asked the Minister of Transport how many Departmental Committees and Sub-Committees of the Ministry of Transport have been investigating during the past 12 months matters relating to the...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of Income Tax paid for each of the last three years by the engineering industry?
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state approximately the number of points by which the cost of living index figure will be reduced by the total reductions of taxation...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of money received from Death Duties since 6th April, 1919, to the present time, and the amount paid off the National Debt during the same period?
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what sum he has set aside in the Budget for the housing schemes which have been, or are to be, a brought forward by the present Government?
65. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury has issued any directions under Section 46 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1918, as to the manner in which it is to be shown that the...
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of his statement that the Government reserve the right to propose to Parliament the reduction or abolition of all preferential duties,...
67. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much duty is expected to be raised this year by the differential duty on China tea; whether dealers in British Empire tea have expressed any desire...
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, before he decided to do away with the McKenna duties, he took any steps to ascertain the views of the employers in the industry or the workers...
42. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the introduction in Belgium of an innovation in the way of telegrams printed on paper de luxe for marriage and birth...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government, in sanctioning the writing of articles by Ministers for publication in the Press, accept collective responsibility for such articles...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the character of the Royal Commission to inquire into National Insurance has now been determined; and whether he can state when the same will be constituted?
Sir F. HALL: 49. asked the Prime Minister whether any definite understanding has yet been come to between the British and French Governments as to the adoption of a common policy in regard to the...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of War Debt held, respectively, by the Bank of England, other British banks, British public companies, charitable endowments, educational...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the advertisements printed on the back of the form (R.255) sent out by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue with...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount paid from the Exchequer in the way of the relief of agricultural rates in the last two years under the Agricultural...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on which of the loans to Allies and Dominions, shown in Table VI of the Financial Statement, 1924–25, we are now receiving interest payments From...
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the present value of the residuum of the War stock not yet disposed of; and what was its original purchase price?
74. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Argyll Quarry Company, Limited, is willing to operate quarries on the Appin Estate; that the company is willing to...
75. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether ex-service men who served in the disturbed districts in Irelend prior to the treaty can be regarded as being in the overseas category;...
76. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on what grounds a book entitled "Judgments delivered by Lord Chancellor Birkenhead, 1919–22," durably bound in buckram, has been published...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the labour dispute in Georgetown, British Guiana; whether the request of the labourers for arbitration was...
Might I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he can now inform us of the business to be taken on Thursday, and, if it is the Navy Votes, which Votes are to be taken?
REPORT [29th April].
1."That, in lieu of the existing customs duty on tea, there shall, on and after the fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, until the first day of August, nineteen hundred and...
2."That, in lieu of the existing customs duties on cocoa, there shall, on and after the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, be charged the following reduced duties, that is...
3."That there shall, on and after the fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and twenty-four—
4."That—
5. "That—
6. "That the additional duties of excise on medicines imposed by Section eleven of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915, and continued by Section seven of the Finance Act, 1923, until the first day of...
7. "That the new import duties which were imposed by Part I of the Finance (No. 2) Act. 1915, and continued by Section six of the Finance Act. 1923, until the first day of May, nineteen hundred...
8."That— (a) Income Tax shall be charged for the year beginning the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, at the rate of four shillings and sixpence in the pound, and the...
9. "That for the purposes of any assessment to Income Tax for any year which is made on or after, or has not become final and conclusive before, the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and...
10. "That any repayment of Income Tax for any year of assessment, whether ending before or after the thirtieth day of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, to which any person may be entitled...
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