Iau, 15 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).
"to confirm certain Provisional Orders made by the Minister of Transport under the General Pier and Harbour Act, 1861, relating to Blackpool (South Shore), Helensburgh, Montrose, Penarth, and...
Copy ordered, of Treasury Minute, dated the 6th day of May, 1924, on the subject of commuting the pension of three hundred and sixty pounds per annum, being the remaining portion of the pension...
8. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is now in a position to state the result of his conferences with those concerned as to the best means Parliament can adopt for securing to all men who...
9. asked the Minister of Pensions whether it is proposed to close the gymnasium at the Bulinga Street Neurological Clinic; if so, what steps will be taken to provide facilities for remedial...
10. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that instructions were issued that no treatment was to be given to men suffering from neurasthenia if their assessment was 20 per cent. or...
11. asked the Minister of Pensions whether it is proposed to extend the present Ministry of Pensions hospital at Grantham into a hospital for neurasthenics?
14. asked the Minister of Pensions whether it is his intention to provide training and treatment for those ex-soldiers who applied too late to be brought within the last scheme, or who are now in...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in the case of men called up at the outbreak of war, and who, having completed four years' continuous war service, were granted pensions on leaving the...
4. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the hardship caused to disabled men by Section 5 of the War Pensions Act, 1921, whereby no disabled man is entitled to receive a pension...
6. 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...
15. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now give the total figures as to orders for possession of, and ejectment from, houses since 1st August, 1923, as far as...
76. asked the Minister of Health if he can state those urban centres of over 50,000 population which are at the present time building houses up to their maximum available capacity in respect of...
77. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the housing scheme in Sherborne has been held up through scarcity of bricks; that there are a number of derelict brickyards in the...
20. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been drawn to the injurious working conditions of boy-sealers at the Merseyside docks; and, if so, what action he proposes to take to remedy this...
22. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received representations from a number of residents at Otley protesting against the organisation of a large public sweepstake at Otley Conservative...
26. asked the Home Secretary whether he will issue instructions to ensure that Press photographers are excluded when the police have control of premises for the purpose of investigating alleged...
35. asked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the fact that the Geological Museum is overcrowded; and whether he has considered the advisability of...
39. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, in view of the withdrawal by the Board of Education Circular 1,190, issued on the 11th January, 1921, by the Circular 1,328 (3rd April,...
36. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has received any representations as to the proportion of the cost of secondary schools which falls upon local rates; and whether he...
44. asked the President of the Board of Education how many local education authorities have applied for powers to raise the school-leaving age in their areas to 15, and if representations have...
46. asked the Prime Minister when he will be in a position to make a statement on the progress of the negotiations with the Soviet delegation?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 50. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Soviet Government have repudiated all paper money issued by them in 1923, and that a proportion of...
28. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the recent summonses of motorists on the Fenny Stratford Road for exceeding the five-mile limit; whether he is aware that the...
29. asked the Home Secretary whether he has noted in the Report of the Select Committee on Betting that police officers are not mentally equipped to deal with the street bookmakers; whether he...
30. asked the Home Secretary whether the Carlisle Labour party is represented upon the local Advisory Committee of the State Management Districts Scheme, and, if so, the number of...
31. asked the Home Secretary why it is necessary to hold up traffic in Trafalgar Square and the vicinity for 35 minutes before a procession passes; and whether he will take steps to introduce a...
Sir F. HALL: 32. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of his intention of taking steps to speed up the naturalisation of aliens desiring to settle in this country and having regard to the...
33. asked the Home Secretary how many workshops and factories have not been visited by His Majesty's factory inspectors for more than a year, and how many for more than two years?
34. asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the wording of the charge against Prison Officer Henry Fardon, Winchester Prison, who was subsequently dismissed?
47. asked the Prime Minister when the Pre-War Pensions Bill will be introduced?
49. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to introduce a Bill for the public ownership of minerals?
56. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if his attention has been drawn to the great speeds of which foreign aeroplanes are capable; of we have any aeroplanes which are capable of speeds...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state what trades are directly and indirectly affected by the withdrawal of the McKenna Duties?
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider granting to widowed mothers who have to employ managers for their businesses relief from Income Tax similar to that accorded to...
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of the expenditure incurred by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, in connection with the Royal...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of owners of coal royalties in the county of York; the number receiving £3,000, and over per year, and the number receiving below...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the British Empire Sugar Machinery Association deny that manufacturers on the Clyde are with one or two exceptions doing a...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that for many years the bulk of the spinning section of the Lancashire cotton trade has been financed by means of unsecured loans...
70. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if, with a view to encouraging aerial transport as well as providing additional convenience to Members of this House, he will grant facilities to...
71. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if the firm of E. J. Smith and Company are to receive compensation on the sale of brass to the British Metal Corporation which they themselves...
Sir F. HALL: 73. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that a test action known as the United Post Office Workers v. Rex is now pending in the High Court; whether this...
74. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has any information regarding the reported discovery of the bacillus of foot-and-mouth disease announced by Professor Paul Frosch?
75. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the land purchased for allotments in 1921 was paid for out of loans raised at 6¼ per cent. interest and repayable in 50 years;...
78. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received from the King Edward's Hospital Fund for London the Report of its special committee, of which Sir William Collins was chairman, on street...
82. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the dangerous condition of a new road surface on the Great North Road between Wansford and Eaton Socon when wet;...
83. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the closing of Waterloo Bridge and of the proposal to allocate funds from the Road Board to the approaches of a bridge to be constructed at...
85. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that a gun-carriage is no longer available for Army funerals, but that a wagon has been in many cases substituted for it; and if he will...
87. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made in the constituent assembly at Bagdad with the ratification or otherwise of the proposed Treaty between His...
Viscountess ASTOR: 91. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether it is the practice in the case of hospital ships to leave the provision of mess traps to the ship's owner, or...
Viscountess ASTOR: 92. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the fact that the messing allowance of ninepence a day paid to men of the Royal Navy does not vary in...
93. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of men invalided during the last 12 months from His Majesty's Navy through tuberculosis; how many of these were considered...
16. asked the Home Secretary how many convictions were recorded during the last annual period against persons for the sale of confectionery on Sundays; and under what Act these charges are made out?
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal what is the business for next week?
Brighton Corporation Water Bill,
That they have agreed to,
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee C. Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
"to extend the period of control of rents," presented by Mr. ERNEST BROWN; supported by Sir Robert Kay, Mr. Trevelyan Thomson, Mr. Foot, Mr. Ernest Simon, Mr. Loverseed, Mr. Graham White, Mr....
[8TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £206,072, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Again considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £3,065,336, be granted to His Majesty to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament, of all salaries, allowances, and other sums which, under any Act of the present Session...
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to increase from one hundred thousand pounds to six hundred thousand pounds the amount up to which guarantees may be given under the British Empire...
"to increase the amount of the guarantees which may be given by the Board of Trade under the British Empire Exhibition (Guarantee) Act, 1920"; presented accordingly, and read the First time; to...
Bill read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Parkinson.]
The matter I desire to bring before the House to-night I make no apology for bringing forward again, as there is underlying it a very serious issue. It is not merely a local matter, but it is a...
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.
