Llun, 26 Mai 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Rawtenstall Corporation Bill,
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the president (Mr. Pathik) and the secretary (Mr. Chodhri) of the Society of Servants of Rajasthan have been arrested on...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what facilities are open to the people of India to enable students to secure a training in industrial and commercial pursuits; and whether he will...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, considering that the rates of pay of British service officers and men of the Army in India are based upon the rates in operation in the...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India when it is proposed to take action to give effect to the recommendations contained in the Report of the Railway Risk Notes Revision Committee; and...
6. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that indignation prevails in Bastar State, Central Provinces, owing to the action of the political agent, who, contrary to the...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what steps the Government propose to take to meet the demand of the people of India to transfer the funds standing to the credit of the gold...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India, what action, if any, has been taken to give effect to the decision of the Government of India on the resolution passed by the Indian Legislative...
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the resolutions passed at the Maratha Educational Conference, held at Morsi, in the Berars, on the 21st...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether it is proposed to reconsider the question of the Indianisation of the superior ranks of the Indian Army?
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Committee appointed by the Government of India to go into the question of the working of the reforms has yet reported; and, if so,...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what action, if any, the Government proposes to take on the Report of the North-West Frontier Committee; and whether this Report was received from...
43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what action has been taken by the Government of India for the appointment of the proposed Committee of Inquiry on Central and Provincial Taxation;...
44. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has considered the letter addressed to him by the president of the European Association of Calcutta, on 5th April last, regarding the...
45. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that, in the recruitment of emigrants from the ceded districts of Madras for the Assam Tea Estates, no agreements are given to...
47. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the letter written by the Secretary of State for India to Mr. Satyamurthi, a Swarajist member of the...
48. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if the Judge's decision in the Cawnpore conspiracy trial has been given?
49 and 50. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India (1) whether any, and what, new arrangements have been made, or are proposed, for the selection of probationers for the Indian forest...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the attitude of the French Government in regard to the rights of the Ottoman debt bondholders since their occupation of Syria?
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can give any details in the possession of the Foreign Office in regard to trade and financial negotiations with Russia which have...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now in a position to indicate at what date the Government intend to introduce a Bill enabling them to appoint a Committee to...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that a treaty was signed at Odessa on 18th March, 1918, and confirmed later at Jassy, between Dr. Rakovsky, on behalf of Soviet...
22. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the move made by the Austrian Government with regard to visas; and whether any suggestion of...
24. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the state of unemployment, any efforts are being made by the Government Departments concerned to deal with the question of railway level crossings...
86. asked the Minister of Labour whether the present grant to local education authorities of 100 per cent. of the cost of juvenile unemployment centres for young persons between the ages of 16...
25. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Burney airship scheme received the approval of the recent Imperial Conference; and whether, before arriving at a decision to abandon it,...
26. asked the Prime Minister if the Government have made any proposals to, or received any proposals from, other Governments with the object of preventing the use of poison gas in future warfare?
27. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the vital importance of our export trade, he will appoint a small but competent body to inquire into the high cost of the production of...
30. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received from His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington a report as to the results of prohibition in the United States of America; and, if so, will he...
31. asked the Prime Minister, in view of the fact that the Dutch fortifications on the Scheldt, which were erected prior to the War, proved an obstacle to the efficient help we could render...
32. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now state the names of the members of the Royal Commission which is about to inquire into National Insurance?
33. asked the Prime Minister if he can announce the acceptance by the German Government, of the conclusions arrived at by the expert Committee on German Reparations?
36. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that merchant ships now being built in Germany, especially those ships being built with Diesel engines, are being designed with a view to eventual...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 38. asked the Prime Minister whether the German military forces are now in excess of the strength allowed under the Treaty of Versailles; and whether the German...
Sir F. HALL: 39. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to continue the British military occupation of the Cologne zone until the terms of the Versailles Treaty...
34. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government proposes introducing a Minimum Wage Amendment Bill applicable to the mining industry; and, if so, can he state approximately the date of such...
51. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can now state the result of his communication with the Governor of Ceylon regarding the statements made by Shaukat Ali and Dr. Kitchlew in...
52. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has agreed to the appointment of a Trade Commissioner in London for the Colony of British Guiana; whether any appointment has yet been...
53. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why it is that Austrian, German, and Turkish subjects, who arrive at Malta in passenger vessels staying for a few hours, are not allowed to land...
54. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in accordance with his promise, he has sent forward the inquiries put with regard to the administration of the Island of Nauru; whether...
55. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that planting and other industries in Trinidad and British Guiana are cancelling orders which they had intended to place in...
58. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he proposes to sanction the ordinance which has been introduced into the Gold Coast Colony at the instance of parties interested in the...
Mr. BROWN: 59. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the aggregate expenditure in Tanganyika for the years 1918–19 to 1923–24, inclusive, ordinary, extraordinary, and...
60. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the 1923 Land Purchase Act in Ireland is being held up owing to the Bill guaranteeing the principal and interest not...
61. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the present rate of freight on cotton from East Africa as compared with the similar rates of freight from other countries from which we draw our...
62. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can now state the names of the Chairmen of the Commissions which are to visit East and West Africa; the names of any members actually...
Mr. EDMUND HARVEY: 65. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has had any further communications with the authorities of the British Empire. Exhibi- tion...
66. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what specific invitations have been given to British commercial attaches to visit the British Empire Exhibition; and how...
79. asked the First Commissioner of Works what has been the cost of filling in the sunk garden, with stone fountain in centre, at the east end of Hyde Park?
80. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the design of the miniature lighthouses, with blinking green eyes, which have recently been erected in front of Buckingham Palace, was submitted...
68. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, seeing that taxi-cabs are now allowed to use the roadways in Hyde Park. similar facilities will be granted by the Crown with regard to the road...
67. asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he proposes to take, as a result of the exemption of milk from the War Charges (Validity) (No. 2) Bill. to secure that farmers, who were illegally...
69. asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the information in detail upon which the statement is made in the current number of the Official Journal of the Ministry (page 132x) that, as regards...
70. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that there has been a further outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at Coddington, Cheshire, at the Middle Beachin Farm; and it this outbreak can...
74. asked the Minister of Agriculture what course is adopted regard to valuations of stock which are slaughtered under the Diseases of Animals Act. 1894; are special instructions given to valuers...
Captain TUDOR REES: 75. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the fact that the conciliation committees for the county of Devon are working satisfactorily and that their decisions...
Lieut.-Colonel LAMBERT WARD: 72. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the distress among the fishing folk of Hull and other English ports; and whether he will undertake to...
76. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many acres of the Wash have been reclaimed during the current year; and what number it is proposed to reclaim before the end of the current year?
81. asked the First Commissioner of Works how many houses for the working classes are now under construction by his Department, how many have been completed during the present year, and how many...
83. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the conference between representatives of the various authorities concerned in the matter of the Thames towpaths, which he stated would be called...
84. asked the First Commissioner of Works if he receives periodical Reports from the Commission of Fine Art on whether or not works of art occasionally offered for sale by auction are of such...
Sir F. HALL: 85. asked the, First Commissioner of Works whether, with regard to the Royal Commission which was appointed under charter to administer the surplus from the great exhibition of 1851,...
87. asked the Minister of Labour the extent of the Tilbury Dock scheme, for which tenders are now being invited and some of them accepted?
Can the Deputy-Leader of the House say what Estimates will be taken on Thursday next?
"to make further provision for the application of money paid on account of the China Indemnity," presented by Mr. PONSONBY; supported by the Prime Minister and Mr. William Graham; to be read a...
"to explain Sub-section (2) of Section one of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908, as amended by any subsequent enactment," presented by Mr. SHINWELL; supported by Mr. Webb; to be read a Second...
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered; read the Third time, and passed.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 71A.
Order for Second Reading read.
As amended, considered.
The following Amendment stood on the Order Paper in the name of Mr. LAMB:
Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Freshwater Gas Company, Limited,...
Motion made, and Question proposed. "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. F. Hall.]
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