Iau, 8 Mai 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Bill [Lords],
"to empower the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the County Borough of Gateshead to construct a bridge...
For the Borough of Liverpool (West Toxteth Division) in the room of Sir ROBERT PATERSON HOUSTON, baronet (Chiltern Hundreds).—[Commander Eyre$Monsell.]
Address for Return "showing (a) particulars of all aliens to whom certificates of naturalisation have been issued and whose oaths of allegiance have, during the year ended the 31st day of...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will now make any statement as the final awards of service men's pensions, and especially as to the problem of recurring diseases and ailments?
2. asked the Minister of Pensions what changes are proposed in the relations between the Ministry and the areas in the country?
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether a decision has been reached with regard to the former powers of the Special Grants Committee to make grants to widows of ex-service men suffering from...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions how many cases exist of ex-service men suffering from encephalitis lethargica; and whether the Department accepts responsibility for any or all of them?
9. asked the Minister of Pensions what steps he has taken with a view to bringing to an end the systematic review of entitlement in cases of old standing?
7. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is prepared to make any change in the administration of dependants' pensions so as to remove the existing inequality of treatment in the case of widows who...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what number of aliens or persons of foreign extraction have been summoned or arrested for various breaches of the law during the last 12...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 22. asked the Home Secretary whether he will consider as to the possibility of framing Regulations which will prevent the admission of aliens into this country...
13. asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the names of the representatives of Great Britain who negotiated the arrangement with France, Belgium, and Holland regarding summer time?
asked the Home Secretary whether he has considered the case of ex-Inspector Syme; whether he proposes to set up a tribunal to inquire into the case; if so, under what conditions; and can he state...
23. asked the President of the Board of Education the present accommodation in the certified special schools for the deaf, and the approximate number of deaf-and-dumb children in the country?
24. asked the President of the Board of Education what are the present regulations of the Board regarding the provision of free places in secondary schools?
26. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has received representations from local education authorities protesting against the proposals in the Unemployment Insurance (No. 2)...
25. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that many provincial school children are visiting London this year to see the British Empire Exhibition; and, as this is an...
16. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that since the unlawful dissection of the body of J. M. Ashton, at Cleator Moor, and the removal of the deceased man's brains without the widow's...
17. asked the Home Secretary whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to continue the present State management of the liquor control scheme in Carlisle; and, if so, whether he will...
18. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the complaints from workmen of the insufficiency of factory inspection; and whether he will make inquiries to ascertain whether these...
19. asked the Home Secretary what action he intends to take to remove the dissatisfaction caused by the non-payment of compensation for the first three days to persons injured, under the...
20. asked the Home Secretary when the Report is likely to be published of the Committee appointed to inquire into the working of the provisions of the Factory and Workshops Acts for the medical...
21. asked the Home Secretary if it is contemplated to remove or transfer any of the Metropolitan police from duty at the British Museum; and, seeing that many ex-service men are already employed...
64. asked the Postmaster-General the total number of employés of all grades and branches in the Post Office and the percentage of these who are Regular ex-service men of the Regular Forces?
30. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the reorganisation of the British Museum provided for the admission of women civil servants to that Department; whether he is aware that it has...
42. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of entrants for the Admiralty departmental examination, and the number of vacancies which will fall to be filled by the existing...
53. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the cost to the State of the Land Valuation Department during the years it was kept on after the actual tax collection was dropped?
57. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what class railway travelling is allowed to civil servants whilst on official duties?
31. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of motor cars in each horse-power section upon which taxes were paid in 1923; and the numbers in each section upon which taxes were paid for...
32. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state, as approximately as possible, the total national income from all sources for the years ending April, 1923, and 1924?
36. asked the Chancelor of the Exchequer what will be the ratio of direct to indirect taxation if the proposals of the Budget pass into law?
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that it is now the practice of the inspectors of taxes when making repayments of Income Tax to make payment by means of repayment...
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the actual expenditure under the operation of the Land Valuation Tax; and what was the net result of the tax during the different years in which...
43. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of claims put forward by men of the mercantile marine for losses of property or
Mr. T. THOMSON: 50. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of his suggestion that houses to be erected under the Government's new scheme might cost £500 each, his attention has been drawn...
58. asked the Minister of Health whether he can now give an estimate of the cost this year of the Government housing scheme?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will adopt the suggestion to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the charges of alleged profiteering by middlemen and retailers?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he has any information with regard to the reported adding of a rider to the Naval Appropriation Bill by the United States Senate requesting the President to...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government are prepared to grant facilities to the Distressed Tenants Bill; and will he state precisely what steps the Government have taken, or are...
48. asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to introduce the Pre-War Pensioners Bill?
Sir F. HALL: 51. asked the Prime Minister when he expects to be in a position to inform the House of the results of the negotiations now proceeding with the representatives of the Russian Soviet...
54. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the total number of light cars which have been thrown on the market since the Armistice by the disposal of surplus War stock?
56. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if Richborough Harbour and the property attached to it have been disposed of; if so, what was the price obtained; and has the full payment been...
Mr. SIMON: 59. asked the Minister of Health whether, having regard to the responsibility of the local authorities for safeguarding the cleanliness and purity of the nation's milk supply, he will...
61. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any public statement to make concerning the present dispute in the building trade, particularly in relation to the Government housing operations;...
71. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has now solved the problem of Lochboisdale pier; and, if not, what steps he has taken, or is taking, to protect this island community from distress...
72. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether the grant applied for by the Harris District Committee for the construction of a road from Amhuinsuidhe to Huisinish has now been made available?
62. asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed in the brick-making industry in the months of March and April, 1924?
63. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that there has been a dispute in Liverpool for the past five weeks in the bag and sack industry, involving over 900 women, and that the trade union...
63. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the immunity of Ireland from foot-and-mouth disease, he can see his way to reduce the period of detention of Irish cattle imported into...
65. asked the Postmaster-General if the Leafield wireless telegraph services to India have been closed down; and, if so, for what reason?
66. asked the Postmaster-General if, seeing that the latest reports from Manchester record the great success which has attended the introduction of post-boxes on the tramcars and that the total...
67. asked the Postmaster-General whether the Government have come to a decision in regard to the public ownership and control of the Imperial wireless chain?
69. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made with regard to the placing of contracts for the new railway extensions in Kenya and Uganda, or invitations to tender;...
70. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has made any investigation into the net profits on coal sold by the co-operative societies of the country?
34. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether milk licence charges will now be refunded to producers?
49. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government propose to make an appointment to the office of Paymaster-General, and whether he will state the reason for the delay in making such appointment?
75. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why chief stokers of the Portsmouth Port division in their last year's service are not allowed to take vocational training courses; whether...
76. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that in H.M.S. "Vernon" shore establishment the chief petty officers are not messed in accordance with the principles...
May I ask what will be the business for next week?
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee C.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
That they have agreed to—
[7TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £7,045,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Personnel for Shipbuilding, Repairs, Maintenance, etc., at...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £5,397,900, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Materiel for Shipbuilding. Repairs, Maintenance, etc., at...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum not exceeding £5,820,300, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Contract Work for Shipbuilding, Repairs, etc., which will...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £3,975,500, be grunted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Naval Armaments, which will come in course of payment during the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £4,258,100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Victualling and Clothing for the Navy, including the cost of Victualling Establishments at...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £462,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Medical Services, including the cost of Medical Establishments at...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £181,200, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Civilians employed on Fleet Services, which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £341,800, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Expense of Educational Services, which will come in course of payment during...
Bill read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Order for Second Reading read.
Bill read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. F. Hall.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
