Mercher, 7 Mai 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Wandsworth Borough Council (Superannuation) Bill.
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the French Government have yet ratified the Treaty recognising Rumanian sovereignty over Bessarabia; and whether this Treaty is legally...
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is a British Consul in the Saar Valley; and, if not, whether he will consider the advisability of appointing one, with a view to...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that at a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations held in March last, a settlement was reached upon the protracted...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the publica- tion in a Mexican paper of an official news-letter of a party character, which it is...
7. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the construction of a cruiser has been allotted to Barrow-in-Furness; and when he anticipates that the work will be commenced?
8. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the proposal to reduce the pay of naval officers by 5½ per cent. as from 1st July next applies to the pensions as well as to the...
9. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether officers and ratings over 40 years of age may be excused performing the physical exercises whilst undergoing anti-gas courses?
10. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the sons of naval warrant officers are considered to be included in the Regulations contained in paragraph 2 of Regulations...
11. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why pensions are withheld from the dependants of lunatic ratings of the naval service who are eligible for life pensions under the Naval...
14. asked the Minister of Labour what was the number of unemployed in the City of Westminster when the Government took office, and what is the actual number now?
15. asked the Minister of Labour why he has refused the London Schoolmasters' Association representation on the committees dealing with juvenile unemployment in London; is he aware that this...
19. asked the Minister of Labour if he can now state when it is proposed to proceed with the Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Bill?
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 20. asked the Minister of Labour if any information or figures are available which will indicate the approximate proportion of those drawing unemployment benefit who are...
21. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is the practice of his Department to pay unemployment benefit after six weeks to a man or woman leaving their employment voluntarily of their own accord?
27. asked the Minister of Labour how many aliens are now receiving uncovenanted benefit and unemployment benefit as a result of the Ministerial Circular of 13th February, 1924?
30. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state what schemes for providing work for the unemployed are now proposed or in operation in addition to the schemes of the late Government; how...
Sir F. HALL: 35. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the case of a married man who was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour on 24th April for stealing a bicycle;...
52. asked the Minister of Health if he will inquire whether an understanding exists between the guard- ians and the borough council at Boston by which unemployed married men are being engaged for...
17. asked the Minister of Labour how many persons of all ages there are employed in the auxiliary lace trades in Nottingham, and the numbers unemployed or on short time, respectively?
23. asked the Minister of Labour the number of agricultural workers now employed on the land in England and
24. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that certain discharges are now being made from the local accountant's office of the South-Eastern Division at Howard's Hotel; that amongst...
31. asked the Minister of Labour if any provision can be made for the continuation in the Colonies of the apprenticeship scheme for ex-service men who, through trade depression, have been unable...
36. asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the fact that there are a number of ex-service men employed in Employment Exchanges with four years' service, and who are also qualified...
Mr. ATHOLL ROBERTSON: 28. asked the Minister of Labour how many trade boards for distributive trades are set up and functioning; does he contemplate forming further trade boards; and how-many...
32. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board is not paying the full rate of wages to men employed on work for which the Ministry has granted...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 33. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons employed in the motor industry in this country in 1914; and what is the number employed at the present time?
37. asked the Minister of Health whether he can make any statement concerning the negotiations with the local authorities in relation to the Government's housing proposals?
40. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the rents charged by the London County Council for houses erected outside their own area are considerably higher than the rents charged...
42. asked the Minister of Health what is the best available information as to the total number of working-class houses completed by all agencies in each of the calendar years 1921, 1922 and 1923?
43. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the period of the life of a working-class family when the children are growing up is the period when house room is most urgently needed...
Mr. SIMON: 44. also asked the Minister of Health the average percentage increase in the present rates of wages of skilled and unskilled labour in the building industry over the rates in 1913, and...
53. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the urgent need for houses, he will press the various building trade unions to permit unemployed ex-service men and other unemployed men to be...
55. asked the Minister of Health the number of evictions in the Liverpool County Court district for the eight months prior to 1st August, 1923, and the number during the eight months subsequent...
56. asked the Minister of Health whether, in deciding to fix greatly reduced rents for the houses to be erected under the new housing scheme, consideration was given to the case of occupiers of...
59. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received any representation from rural and semi-rural areas as to the number of houses required in such areas; and if an early survey will be...
61. asked the Minister of Health whether he has inspected types of working-class houses built of wood and concrete; if so, how many different types has he inspected; and of how many he approves?
64. asked the Minister of Health the amount of the increase in the price of bricks for house-building since the present Government took office?
38. asked the Minister of Health whether he has now received the Auditor's Report in relation to the accounts of the Poplar Guardians; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
39. asked the Minister of Health what payment from public grants is made for experiments on living animals at the present time; and whether it is proposed to continue these grants?
41. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the cases of infirm old age pensioners who in many cases are without any relatives or friends to assist them and are...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider making proposals to the Governments of the United States of America, France, and Japan, for the calling of a Conference of those Powers,...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he can give any indication of what is being done to re-organise industry in the United Kingdom; and whether he has considered the calling of a conference of...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement to the House regarding the position of the Anglo-Russian Conference, and particularly whether any decisions have been arrived at on...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received a Report from the Committee investigating the case of the ex-ranker officers; and whether he will state the substance of the findings and...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to Italian activities on the Gash river which might result in depriving Kassala of water required for irrigation purposes; and...
54. asked the Minister of Health if he will consider the desirability of appointing a representative of the National Veterinary Medical Association of Great Britain and Ireland on the Joint...
58. asked the Minister of Health if the Government proposes to introduce legislation amending Section 1 (1) of the Poor Law Act, 1899, by substituing 21 years for 18 years as the limit of age of...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 63. asked the Minister of Health what steps the Government have taken, and what further steps they are prepared to take, towards the equalisation of the poor rate given in relief...
Marquess of HARTINGTON: 65 and 66. asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he has confirmed the County of Derby (Matlocks Urban District) Order, 1923; and, if so, what matter of importance has...
67. asked the Minister of Health whether he intends that the terms of reference of the Royal Commission on National Insurance will allow for consideration of the possibility of the ratification...
Mr. ATHOLL ROBERTSON: 68 and 69. asked the Minister of Health (1) what are the conditions he has laid down in sanctioning a burial ground for the East End Hebrew community just off the Great...
71. asked the Minister of Health whether the Reports of his inspectors show that the public can rely on the high hygienic quality of the large quantities of milk described on sale as nursery,...
72. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that many local authorities are paying to trained nurses engaged in public health work salaries as low as £130 per annum; and whether he...
74. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that, during the recent May Day celebrations in Hyde Park, vehicles the property of the ratepayers in certain Metropolitan boroughs were used...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Canadian Government has now telegraphed to the other Dominions to inquire whether any of them objects to the...
May I ask the Deputy-Leader of the House when the further Report stage of the Financial Resolutions will be taken, and whether any day has been agreed upon for the discussion on the McKenna Duties?
May I, Mr. Speaker, with great deference, ask your ruling on a matter which affects the rights of Members to cross question Ministers on a matter of importance to this House? It may be within...
On this day four weeks, to call attention to the question of afforestation, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. F. Martin.]
On this day four weeks, to call attention to the question of Imperial trade, and to move a Resolution.—[Brigadier-General Sir Henry Croft.]
On this day four weeks, to call attention to the question of coal, its uses, and miners' wages, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. Hardie]
London and North-Eastern Railway Bill,
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C (added in respect of the Local Government (Removal of...
Resolutions reported from the Select Committee: 1. "That, in the case of the Rotherham Corporation Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with: That...
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to empower the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the County Borough of Hastings to construct additional waterworks and to execute street...
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. Adamson): I beg to move That leave be given to introduce a Bill to amend the Education (Scotland) Superannuation Act, 1922. This Bill, which I rise to introduce,...
"to amend the Education (Scotland) (Superannuation) Act, 1922," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time to-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 125.]
Order for Third Heading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved: 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 the Electricity (Supply)...
I beg to move, That this House views with apprehension the growth of National Expenditure on Public Assistance, and in particular the extent to which the several services overlap, and urges upon...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Parkinson.]
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