Iau, 3 Gorffennaf 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Verbal Amendments made; Bill read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Consideration, not amended, deferred till To-morrow.
1. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will extend the time limit in the matter of applications for the civil liabilities grants to such persons who, in the opinion of the war pensions...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that his Department has refused the issue of pensions under Article 1,163 of the Royal Warrant of 1914 to men suffering with a disability due...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider cases of appeal against final award in those cases where application was not made before 6th February, 1924, in special cases where it...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the hardships imposed upon certain pensioners who are not permitted, by the terms of Article 1,078 of the Royal Warrant, to commute a part...
19. asked the President of the Board of Education if, seeing that the education grants for children of widows of ex-service men is at present based upon the policy of whether the father, had he...
8. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that in four county police forces and in 50 city and borough police forces white overall coats are worn, in most cases...
9. asked the Home Secretary whether, in the case of aliens registered with the police in this country, any details are furnished by such persons in regard to their place of employment; whether,...
10. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the danger of the street crossing between Old Palace Yard and Westminster Hall; whether any steps are taken by the police to...
11. asked the Home Secretary whether he has been approached to permit of advertisements being placed in licensed taxicabs; and whether he can give this House an assurance that he will not permit...
13. asked the Home Secretary how many young women in prison in England and Wales during the the past five years, in default of payment of fines, have been liberated on payment of these fines at...
16. asked the Home Secretary whether he will grant facilities to enable prisoners who are first offenders to send and receive one letter fortnightly from the time of sentence until discharge?
17. asked the Home Secretary what steps, if any, his Department takes to review sentences of children sentenced to industrial schools; and what steps, if any, he takes to separate those sentenced...
18. asked the Home Secretary how many children have been born in prison during the six months ending 30th June last; and whether he will consider the provision of extra food and nourishment for...
20. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is now in possession of the Report of the Departmental Committee on the Training of Teachers; and whether he can relieve the...
21. asked the President of the Board of Education how many non-provided schools have been transferred to the local education authorities since 1902; how many non-provided schools remain...
22. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can state the policy of the Government with respect to remedying the position in many rural schools where one teacher is teaching...
23. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he can state the minimum and the maximum capitation grant per pupil made by local authorities for all requisites in the elementary...
24. asked the President of the Board of Education if he has received any Report relating to his Department from Lord Meston's Committee of Inquiry into the system of percentage grants to local...
25. asked the President of the Board of Education if he has received any communication from local education authorities in opposition to the proposal to raise the school-leaving age?
30. asked the Under Secretary of State for Air whether negotiations with the French authorities are nearing completion with regard to a proposed seaplane service from Southampton to Cherbourg and...
31. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what additional employment has been created at Cardington due to the decision of the Government to re-open the aerodrome; and does he pro- pose to...
32. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, with a view to impressing upon the people the probable results of any future aerial warfare, he will arrange that in the next aerial...
33 and 34. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air (1) whether he can give the House the total number of casualties suffered by the British Air Force during bombing operations carried on in...
35. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what is the position of the negotiations between His Majesty's Government and the German Government with regard to passenger-carrying air services...
42. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the position as at 30th June, 1924, of the. Unemployment Insurance Fund, showing the total indebtedness to the Treasury at that date?
59. asked the Minister of Labour the amount of unemployment benefit which has not been claimed by applicants at the Employment Exchanges during the last six months?
36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of gold and bullion is held respectively by the banks in Great Britain and the United States of America, and what proportions these bear to...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the German gold discount bank began its operations?
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that there are many thousands of houses in London let out in flats and tenements where the owner or his agent pays the Inhabited...
39. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is prepared to revise the Regulations respecting old age pensioners which makes provision for assessing the interest on their savings at 5 per...
40. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether His Majesty's Government have yet come to a decision upon the Report of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission regarding Richborough?
41. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has completed his inquiries with regard to the alleged failure of houses of entertainment to pass on to their patrons the reductions in...
44. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that Mexico has failed to pay the half-yearly interest on the external debt due this present week; and whether any explanation has...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether, before consenting to the appointment of additional Judges, he will consider whether it would be possible to reduce the periods of the legal vacations at...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether any decision has been reached with regard to the abolition of fees for cadets under training for the Royal Navy, His Majesty's Army, and the Royal Air Force,...
47. asked the Prime Minister if there are any immediate prospects of France or a third Power ratifying the Treaty of Lausanne?
52. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the amount received from the German Government for April and May by the Reparation Commission; and how much went to the credit of Britain?
50. asked the Prime Minister the terms of the international agreement by which he is committed to giving facilities for the Summer Time Bill, and also the date on which the agreement was reached?
51. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to state the composition of the British delegation to the next Assembly of the League of Nations?
Viscountess ASTOR: 46. asked the Prime Minister what steps are being taken to give effect to a Resolution passed in the House of Commons on 5th August, 1921, especially in reference to the...
53. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why, when a non-service official was promoted to the rank of first-class valuer over the heads of ex-service officials of equal and higher...
56. asked the right hon. Member for Cheltenham, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, whether, seeing that the waiters and other members of the domestic staff employed by the Kitchen Committee of...
Viscountess ASTOR: 57. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the growing public dissatisfaction with the conditions of pay and employment of waitresses at Wembley and elsewhere: and...
58. asked the Minister of Labour the present position of the strike at the Nuneaton (Warwickshire) Co-operative Stores?
60. asked the Secretary for Scotland what was the duration of the cruise which he recently undertook to the Hebrides in the fishery protection cruiser "Minna"; whether during that period the ship...
61. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that a long established fishing industry in the Firth of Tay is being threatened with extinction owing to the action of the syndicate which...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he has yet appointed the Court of Inquiry into the building trade dispute, and, is so, when the inquiry will begin?
54. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take measures to encourage the planting of apple trees along the new roads now being constructed, with a view to an increase in the...
On a point of Order, may I, Mr. Speaker, draw your attention to Question No. 73, which is in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for West Woolwich (Sir K. Wood), which is a question of urgency...
May I inquire what business will be taken next week?
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed Sir George McCrae to act as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Public Health...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Ten Members to the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Public Health...
"to amend the Law relating to the occupation and ownership of land in Northern Ireland; and for other purposes relating thereto," presented by Mr. ARTHUR HENDERSON; to be read a Second time upon...
That they have agreed to,
[13TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That a sum, not exceeding £326,692, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed. That a sum, not exceeding £2,023,495, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £1,897,832, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Considered in Committee, and reported without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kennedy.]
I rise for the purpose of inviting a statement from the War Office with regard to a dispute which has been pending now for some little time and in which 7,000 employés of the Arsenal are...
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