Llun, 19 Mai 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Central London and Metropolitan District Railway Companies Bill,
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what are the actual terms of the charge in the case now being heard at Cawnpore against certain persons accused of sedition; and in what Court the...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if it is the intention of the Government of India to introduce a Bill into the Indian Assembly during the present year to give effect to the...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the reports in the Indian Press of the recent riot at Cawnpore when an order was given to the police to...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether it is intended to comply with the wish expressed in the Indian Legislative Assembly that the Report of the Lee Commission should be...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that seven young Bengalis were arrested in the Alipore conspiracy case between the 4th and 14th August, 1923, and put on trial...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the consolidated monthly rupee allowances now granted to married soldiers serving in India are equal in all respects to those granted at...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many children are employed in underground work in mines in India, and what
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any political conversations have taken place between His Majesty's Foreign Office and the Foreign Minister of Rumania during the visit...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received complaints in regard to the confiscation by the United States Customs authorities of books exported to the United...
18. asked the Prime Minister who is the executive head of the present Russian Soviet Government from whom the powers of the negotiators at present in London are derived?
The following question stood on the Order Paper in the name of
28. asked the Prime Minister whether before the Whitsuntide Recess he will be able to make a statement on the progress or otherwise of the Anglo-Russian Conference?
19. asked the Prime Minister whether he can make a statement as to the arrangements come to on the matters in dispute between the Admiralty and the Air Board on which inquiry has taken place?
21. asked the Prime Minister if the Irish Free State have appointed an independent Irish representative at Washington?
34 and 35. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether the final decision regarding the extra-territorial application of the bye-laws relating to fishing off the coast of the Irish...
22 asked the Prime Minister whether he will immediately circulate as a White Paper the contract signed between the Government and a commercial group with reference to the construction of our airships?
23 asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that the eight cruisers which it has been decided to lay down for the United States Navy were originally proposed by the United States Navy Department,...
24. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to introduce any further legislation relating to rent restriction or evictions?
25. asked the Prime Minister what is the action of the Turkish Government in reference to the conditions laid down by the decrees of 1881 and 1903 governing the contracts with the bondholders?
26. asked the Prime Minister if His Majesty's Government, when they occupied Palestine and Iraq, seized the sums in the hands of the agencies of the Council of Administration of the Ottoman...
27. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of his announcement that he intends informing the League of Nations before the meeting of the next Assembly of the attitude of His Majesty's...
29. asked the Prime Minister whether, before any allocation of public funds is made for any purpose in connection with the construction of a bridge at St. Paul's over the Thames, he will...
31. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to take steps to facilitate the return of the Solicitor-General to this House or to appoint another Solicitor-General in his place, in order that...
43. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House the number and names of the conferences which have already been arranged to take place at the British Empire Exhibition?
Organisers.
45. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware of the difficulty motorists have in finding the road to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley from...
46. asked the Par liamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether it would be possible to arrange a visit of British Commercial Attachés to the British Empire Exhibition so as...
47. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether Empire-grown wine is available at each restaurant where wine is sold at the British Empire Exhibition?
Mr. EDMUND HARVEY: 48. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he can state the results of his conference with the authorities of the British Empire Exhibition...
32. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the lands of the Barotse and other tribes of Northern Rhodesia have been surveyed and clearly delimited; and, if not, whether it is...
33. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give this House any information about the progress of the proceedings in the Constituent Assembly of Iraq for the ratification of...
36. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the death rate by sickness and accident, respectively, in the gold mines of the Gold Coast Colony for the last complete year?
37. asked the secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the serious warning issued by the Governor of Nigeria as to the danger which confronts the West African...
38. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if there are any firms doing contract work for the Crown Agents who have not fulfilled the conditions of membership of the King's Roll?
39. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the remains of the late Major Geoffrey Lee Compton-Smith, D.S.O., of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was murdered in...
41. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received from British Guiana any protests against the action and speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the elected members of the Legislative Council of Jamaica have decided to reduce the amount of preference given by Jamaica to imports, and...
49. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the recent increased prices of butter and bacon charged by the retailer to the public, he will consider the advisability of obtaining...
50. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the fact that agricultural conditions in Wales differ so much from those prevailing in England, he will consider the desirability of...
52. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will lay upon the Table of the House the Report of the inspector sent to investigate agricultural wages in Wiltshire?
54. asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he proposes to take to relieve the position of ratepayers in parishes where the additional rates, consequent upon the Tithe Act, 1920, are a heavy...
55. asked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the fact that there is no guarantee that, under Article 14 of the Nauru Island Agreement, the present allotment of 42 per cent. of the output of...
56. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the present high price of potatoes; whether he is satisfied that the normal cultivation of this article is...
57. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the serious position that farmers in the West Sussex district are placed in owing to the continued restrictions regarding foot-and-mouth...
58. asked the Minister of Agriculture why he has disallowed a grant of £84 approved by the late Minister of Agriculture to the Staffordshire County Council in aid of the employment of...
63. asked the right hon. Member for Tiverton, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether he is aware that a number of tenant farmers are now under notice to quit, from the Liverpool...
61. asked the Postmaster-General what wireless licences have been granted by Great Britain to members of the international wireless combine known as the Commercial Radio International Committee?
64. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the increasing number of persons being admitted into Poor Law guardians' institutions who are entitled to receive benefits under the...
65. asked the Minister of Labour what progress he has made in negotiations with representatives of employers in the drapery trade with a view to bringing that trade under the Trade Boards Acts?
70. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether steps are still being taken to reduce the establishment at the Army Ordnance Department, Woolwich; whether further discharges are about...
71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total number of owners of coal royalties in Great Britain, and the total amount received by such owners of royalties for the years 1922–23 and...
73. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the great difficulty that motorists have of finding their way through the larger towns in this country owing to the lack of signposts;...
Mr. SPEAKER informed the House that he had received the following Certificate and Report from the Judges appointed to try the Election Petition relating to the Election for the Borough of Oxford:
1. That no corrupt practice was committed by or with the knowledge or consent of the Respondent at the said election.2. That the said Respondent was guilty by his election agent of the corrupt...
1. That the said Respondent was guilty of the following illegal practices:(a) Incurring expenses in excess of the maximum allowed by Law in contravention of Section 8 of The Corrupt and Illegal...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Sir Philip Pilditch.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee D: Sir William Davison.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 71 A.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order 71A.
Order for Second Reading read.
Not amended (in the Standing Committee) considered; read the Third time, and passed.
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [12th May], "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Parkinson.]
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