Iau, 10 Gorffennaf 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Haslingden Corporation Bill [Lords],
Copy ordered "of Treasury List of Colonial Stocks in respect of which the provisions of the Act are for the time being complied with.'—[Mr. Griffiths.]
Copy ordered "of statement of particulars of Loans of which the balances out standing are proposed to be remitted or written off in whole or in part, from the Assets of the Local Loans Fund (in...
I beg to present a humble petition, signed by 8,990 persons employed in the motor car and other industries, praying that this House do not abolish the duties imposed by the Finance Act, 1915.
On a point of Order. May I again intercede for open windows?
Major WILLIAMS: 1. asked the Minister of Pensions if he can see his way, by legislative or administrative action, to placing on a permanent and more satisfactory basis the pensions of men...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 2. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is now prepared to reconsider the question of allowances to pensioners undergoing home treatment, who, in many cases, are refused...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether the present rates of pensions awarded to sufferers through the Great War are due for revision in 1926; and whether, having regard to the high cost of...
5. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that all those ex-service men whose time limit for appeal expired on 6th February, 1924, had no reasonable notice of this fact; and will he...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the general dissatisfaction existing in regard to the system of making final awards to pensioners whose disabilities are assessed at less...
8. asked the Minister of Pensions under what authority payment of service pension to invalided Royal Marines is not payable until after 14 years' service, observing that under the terms of Item...
9. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that naval officers retired upon the special terms granted in 1922, for the purpose of clearing the lists, as eligible for disability...
10. asked the Minister of Pensions what sum would be required to put Bellahouston in a condition to receive the patients from Craigleith hospital?
15. asked the Minister of Pensions whether a man who is to-day drawing a disability pension, but who has now for the first time heard about the alternative pension, can apply for such an...
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many men are employed at His Majesty's Prison at Maidstone and how many of these are ex-service men?
50. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether an investigating committee has yet been set up to deal with the case of ex-service men who failed to qualify in the Air Ministry...
72. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many times the standing joint committee for the employment of ex-service men has met this year; whether any Report of the work done by this...
17. asked the Home Secretary whether the Prison Commissioners make it a rule not to employ men who were conscientious objectors in the late War?
18. asked the Home Secretary whether prison warders are allowed to speak to prisoners and give them good advice; if they do so would it be regarded as a, serious offence; and will he state the...
19. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fact that in the recent South African election the South African party polled 33 per cent. more votes than the...
20. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to an interview with Chief Constable Bassom, of the Metropolitan Police, published in a London morning newspaper of 30th June,...
22. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that of over 22,000 justices' off-licences, granted for the convenience of the public, a steadily increasing number have become tied to brewers;...
23. asked the Home Secretary whether he can now state what proceedings he has instituted with reference to the recent smuggling of machine guns from this country to Russia?
25. asked the Home Secretary whether, with regard to the representations that have been addressed to him for some months past in regard to the desirability of including toy pistols and revolvers...
26. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the claim of over £2,000,000 of the ex-Khedive of Egypt, Abbas Hilmi II, against the British Government in respect of valuable private...
37. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, pending the issue of the Report of the Departmental Committee on the Training of Teachers, he will state on what date the examination in...
38. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the recognised Board of Education standard of marks necessary for a free place in a secondary school; and how many local authorities are...
41. asked the President of the Board of Education, if he is aware that the National Association of Schoolmasters have no representation on the Burnham Committee; and whether, seeing the...
42. asked the President of the Board of Education how many local authorities have given maintenance allowances to children attending elementary schools; and what was the total cost for I922–23?
43. asked the President of the Board of Education, whether he will introduce a Bill to amend the Education Act by raising the school-leaving age to 15, to come into force at a date not later...
44. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is now in a position to state when the London Education Authority proposes to provide efficient and healthy school accommodation for...
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,...
27. asked the Home Secretary how many prisons and reformatories are situated in agricultural parishes and where they are situated?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the circulation in the country of the Minister of Health s calculations of the money that could be saved on house building if...
29. asked the Home Secretary what arrangements have been made with the Isle of Man with regard to the isle's contribution towards the Imperial Exchequer?
30. asked the Home Secretary whether he has any information as to the nature of the riot which took place in Fulham in connection with the eviction from Jordan Place; whether any organised body...
31. asked the Home Secretary the number of motor omnibuses licensed by the Metropolitan police during this year; and will he state how many of these belong to the underground combine company and...
32. asked the Home Secretary the total number of taximeter cabs licensed by the Metropolitan police for London; how many have been licensed during the present year; and whether there is now a new...
33. asked the Home Secretary what tests are laid down by the Metropolitan police before they grant a driver's licence for a motor-omnibus or taxi-cab in London; whether there is an age and...
34. asked the Home Secretary if be has received any recent communications from Labour organisations in Great Britain urging upon him to grant an amnesty to the Irish political prisoners in this...
36. asked the Home Secretary if he can give for the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923, each year being stated separately, the amount of premiums paid to insurance companies in respect of employers'...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to lay before Parliament the complete correspondence between His Majesty's Government and the Government of Egypt upon the question of the Sudan?
51. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is in a position to make any statement as to the stoppage or threatened stoppage of civil air traffic into Germany by the German...
52. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what number of bombing aeroplanes it is proposed to maintain at the Worthy Down aerodrome; what is the bomb-carrying capacity of these aeroplanes;...
53. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether the Royal Air Force has in stock aerial bombs filled, or intended to be filled, with poison gas?
54. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air the number of boys under 17 who have been recruited into the Royal Air Force for the six months ending 30th June, 1924; and whether any of these...
57. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air for what object the Royal Air Force pageant is held annually; and is he satisfied that this object is achieved?
55. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what is the name of the locality from which a raid took place into the Iraq territory, resulting in the death of 146 men and 127 women and children,...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the anxiety which has been created by the fear that he may propose to make his scheme of pensions for widows with dependent...
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, seeing that a private person conducting two businesses can, for the purposes of Income Tax, set off the losses of the one against the profits of...
65. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to a recent decision in the King's Bench Division whereby it has been stated that the 25 per cent. additional rent...
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the National Union of General Workers has had a pension fund in existence for some years for its officials and that previously Income...
67. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of arrears of Income Tax and Super-tax, respectively, collected since 1st April to 30th June, 1924?
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether complaints have been brought to his notice of the inconvenience caused to small investors by the discontinuance of the practice of repaying...
74. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to the delay which occurs in dealing with claims for return of Income Tax deducted at source, even in the...
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount guaranteed since November, 1923, under the Trade Facilities Act for shipbuilding in England and Scotland, respectively, and for the purchase...
71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the evidence given before Lord Colwyn's Committee will be made available to Members of this House?
73. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many men are at present working overtime at the Royal Mint on the contract for Russian coinage?
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister if he had any communication to make to the House on his return from Paris?
Would the Lord Privy Seal kindly state what business is to be taken next week?
(by Private Notice) asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the recent late Sittings of Parliament and the physical strain imposed on Members of the House, resulting in the recent incident...
"to grant maney for the purpose of certain local loans out of the Local Loans Fund; and for other purposes relating to local loans," presented by Mr. WILLIAM GRAHAM; to be read a Second time...
"to amend the Law with respect to Customs in the Isle of Man," presented by Mr. WILLIAM GRAHAM; and to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to he printed. [No. 200.]
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed Mr. James Brown to act as Chairman of Standing Committee C (in respect of the Summer Time Bill).
Mr. William Nicholson reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Commitee B: Mr. Alden.
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Member to Standing Committee C: Sir Charles Oman.
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Member to the Chairmen's Panel: Mr. Alden.
Mr. William Nicholson further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee D: Mr. Bromfield and Colonel Penry Williams; and had appointed in...
That they have agreed to—
[15TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £92,594, 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 £150,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
(By Order).
Again considered in Committee.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Question proposed on Consideration of Question, That a sum, not exceeding £150;000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question proposed on Consideration of Resolution [7th July],
"to provide for raising further money for the purpose of the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1922, and to make provision with respect to the application of sums arising from the sale of property acquired...
Motion made, and Question proposed, 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...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. A. Parkinson.]
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