Mawrth, 15 Gorffennaf 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Clyde Valley Electrical Power Bill [Lords] (by Order),
20. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is now prepared to appoint a carefully chosen commission to make a thorough and scientific investigation into the economic conditions of the...
21. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has received a communication, signed on behalf of the workers engaged on road relief work at South Loch Erisort, in the island of Lewis,...
24. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether, as a result of the inquiries instituted by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland in connection with land settlement and other operations of the...
18. asked the Secretary for Scotland the number of applications made to the Land Courts by smallholders in Scotland for revaluation of their buildings and revision of their rents; the total...
19. asked the Secretary for Scotland how much money has been received from the smallholders for the purchase of seed oats and potatoes unler the scheme of the Board of Agriculture for Scotland;...
22.(on behalf of asked the Secretary for Scotland who was responsible for giving orders to the local police at Carfin, Lanarkshire, to invoke Section 26 of the Catholic Relief Act of 1829 in...
23.on behalf of asked the Secretary for Scotland how many applications have been received from fishermen for loans to buy herring nets; to how many have loans been granted, and for what amount;...
25.on behalf of asked the Under-Secretary to the Scottish Board of Health whether he has received a Report on the impure water supply of Garscadden, in the parish of New Kilpatrick,...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in connection with the proposal to introduce legislation to deal with trading profits, he will have regard to the fact that a well-known firm...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has received a resolution passed by the Empire Congress of the Chambers of Commerce drawing attention to the great handicap to trade between...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the report of the German Ministry for economic affairs with regard to the stale of the leather trade in Germany, and in view of the...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can now inform the House of the result of the negotiations with the railway companies whose passenger steamers ply on the River Clyde in respect...
Sir W. LANE MITCHELL: 5. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the nature of the subsidy given to British owners to enable them to get three steamers built in Holland?
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is proposed to publish the evidence given before the Bankruptcy Committee; and when he anticipates that the Report of the Committee will...
12 and 14. asked the Secretary of State for War (1) whether the Regulations published in the Royal Warrant for Pay, 1914, and on Army Form D 446, concerning the recall of Army pensioners to the...
16. asked the Secretary of State for War if officers have been awarded modified pensions under the terms recommended in paragraph 32 of the Report of the Ex-Ranker Officers' Committee; and, if...
15. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the reason for the regulation that under no circumstances can candidates be registered for appointment as barrack labourer after they have reached...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that it is the custom in the British Army in India for the menial work of the various regiments, such as lavatory cleansing, water...
Viscountess ASTOR: 64. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the fact that the recent reduction in the pay of British Army officers consists of a 5¼ per cent cut...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the effect of the payments made for the service of the British debt to the United States of America on the trade between this...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the amount of Government surplus textile materials still held by the Government; the amounts which have been disposed of; and...
26. asked the Secretary for Mines if he will institute an inquiry into the reason why collieries are being closed in Durham county and the miners thrown out of employment?
28. asked the Minister of Transport the exact nature of the practical and administrative difficulties which prevent him considering the necessity of compelling motorists to insure against...
29. asked the Minister of Transport if, in view of the present condition of underground railway systems in and around Glasgow, he can bring any pressure upon the railway companies concerned to...
30. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the need for a road refuge at the northern end of Westminster Bridge facing the pier steps; and, if not, whether he...
32. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the need for additional transport facilities, he will consider the question of re-opening the River Severn to navigation as it was in...
34. asked the Minister of Transport if the Railway Rates and Charges Tribunal have in hand the consideration of a statutory schedule of workmen's fares; and, if so, when this tribunal may be...
36. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the action taken by the police and the Woburn bench for the technical infringement of regulations made by his...
37. asked the Minister of Transport whether it is intended to take any steps to eliminate any of the level crossings across the more important arterial roads wherever possible; and whether he is...
38. asked the Minister of Transport how many accidents are known to have occurred on the Great North Road, near Eaton Socon, which are directly attributable to the slippery nature of the road...
40. asked the Minister of Transport whether the Government have decided to introduce a Bill giving power to the Minister of Transport and certain local authorities to plant trees by the roadside;...
35. asked the Minister of Transport when the Chertsey arterial road will be continued across the Thames; and where it is proposed to place the new bridge?
41. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the amount paid to the British Broadcasting Company on account of licence fees up to 31st March, 1924, was £105,483; whether the...
42. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that over 3,000 postal sorters are alarmed at the possibilities under the present system of being wrongfully charged with the theft of registered...
43. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that the post office accommodation at Wellington, Salop, is inadequate; that previous to the War it was decided to remove the post office to larger...
44. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been drawn to the difficulty which residents of Stamford Hill are experiencing in securing a telephone service; whether he is aware that...
58. asked the Postmaster-General what sum is now in the Post Office savings banks as compared with the sum at the end of June, 1923 and 1922, respectively, and what number of new depositors have...
59. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the great saving of time gained by the toll telephone system, he can inform the House whether it has been decided to enlarge the area so served?
45. asked the Prime Minister, in view of the Dominion status of many parts of the Empire, he will consider the advisability of describing the Secretary of State for the Colonies in future as the...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that the Government have refused to give special grants to necessitous areas where unemployment is above the average of the...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the economic views of the Minister of Health on housing, as set out in the "New Age"; whether these views represent the...
56. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Government has sold all the vacant houses at Richborough, and whether, in that case, any attempt was made to let them prior to such sale?
69. asked the Minister of Health what is the cost, life and time taken to erect, of the Government housing-scheme house erected in wood, and the same house erected in brick?
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can supply to this House any particulars as to the cost of the collection of Income Tax on wages, and the percentage which this forms of the...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can state the amount of the duty paid on sugar, etc., used in brewing; and the net produce of the beer duty in the United Kingdom for the year...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will request Lord Colwyn's Committee to issue from time to time the proofs of evidence and cross-examinations of witnesses, without the...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that receipts issued by the Accountant and Comptroller-General (cashier) of Inland Revenue continue to refer the recipients to a...
55. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the agreement for giving railway access to Richborough Port has yet been completed; and, if not, whether he can state what is the cause...
68. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that in many cases farmers experience difficulty in carrying out the process of dipping their sheep on account of the sheep straying on...
Viscountess ASTOR: 65. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, with reference to the closing of maisons tolerées in Hong Kong, the fact that no houses have been closed on the...
67. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the approximate amount of money advanced and price of goods sold or handed over, subject to a subsequent valuation, to the Irish Free...
70. asked the Minister of Health if he has received any communications from boards of guardians urging the desirability of amending Section 1 (1) of the Poor Law Act, 1899, by substituting 21...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he proposes to take, in view of the fact that there has been a steady rise in the price of bakers' flour since last December, to prevent a...
by Private Notice asked the Deputy-Leader of the House whether he can communicate to the House the nature of the reply sent by His Majesty's Government to the League of Nations on the subject of...
Captain Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish, R.N., C.B., for County of East Sussex (Lewes Division).
"to enable overseers and assessment committees (outside the Metropolis) to obtain Returns," presented by Mr. RAWLINSON, to be read a Second time upon Friday 25th July, and to be printed. [Bill 206.]
"to make further provision for the improvement of roads and for purposes connected therewith," presented by Mr. GOSLING; supported by Mr. Buxton; to be read a Second time upon Monday next, and to...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the removal of the Scottish Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey to Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. Tradition says that this is...
"to provide for the removal of the Scottish Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey to Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh," presented accordingly, and read the. First time; to be read a Second time upon...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 205.]
Second Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read.
Resolutions reported from the Select Committee, 1. "That in the case of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Bill [Lords], no Standing Orders are applicable."2242. "That, in the case of the...
That they have agreed to— Morecambe Corporation Bill,London, Midland, and Scottish Railway Bill,London and North Eastern Railway Bill,Grampian Electricity Supply Bill, with Amendments.
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee D (in respect of the Lead Paint (Protection against Poisoning)...
As amended, considered.
(1) Every warrant or cheque or other order drawn or made, or purporting to be drawn or made, after the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and twenty-four, in payment of any dividend or...
The amount of the deduction to be allowed under Section nineteen of the Finance Act, 1920, as amended by this Act and under Section twenty of the Finance Act, 1920 (which Section provide...
Rule 8 of No. V in Schedule A shall have effect as if at the end of paragraph (2) thereof there were added the words "and additions or improvements to farmhouses, farm buildings, or cottages, but...
Paragraph (ii) of the proviso to paragraph (b) of Sub-section (3) of Section thirty-nine of the Income Tax Act, 1918 (which Sub-section provides for the exemption from tax of certain income of...
(1) Any profits or gains arising to an agricultural society from an exhibition or show held for the purposes of the society shall, if they are applied solely to the purposes of the society, be...
The following Rule shall he added after Rule 3 of the Rules applicable to Case V of Schedule D:
Section eleven of the Finance Act, 1923 (which gives relief from Entertainments Duty in the case of certain entertainments), shall be amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (b) of Sub-section (1)...
(1) In the case of black beer of a specific gravity of one thousand two hundred degrees or upwards, the rebate from the Excise Duty to be allowed under Section two of the Finance Act, 1923, and...
Easter offerings voluntarily paid to ministers of religion shall be exempt from Income Tax.—[Mr. Rawlinson.]
Such of the provisions of the Income Tax Acts as provide that tax under Schedule E shall be computed by reference to the year of assessment shall, in any cases where the person assessed so...
Rule 13 of the General Rules applicable to Schedules A, B, C, and E, shall be amended by the addition at the end thereof of the following proviso:— Provided that the person who is...
In estimating the income of the previous year for the purpose of assessment to Supertax there shall be deducted the like sum as, under Section sixteen of the Finance Act, 1920 (as amended by this...
Section thirty-two of the Finance Act, 1921 (which provides for exemption of superannuation funds from Income Tax), shall have effect as though at the end of paragraph (b) in Sub-section (3) of...
Section twenty-one, Sub-section (1), of the Finance Act, 1922, shall be amended so that the words "The said reasonable part of such income" shall be substituted for the words " The said income,"...
(1) All such relief as might have been given under Section fourteen of the Finance Act, 1900, as amended by subsequent enactments (hut not including Section two of the Death Duties (Killed in...
Rule 13 of the Rules applicable to Schedule D, Cases I and 11, of the Income Tax Act, 1918, shall be amended by the addition of the following words at the end of the Rule:— This Rule shall...
Amendment made: In page 5, line 19, after the word "charged," insert the words on payments."—[Mr. Snowden.]
I beg to move, in page 9, line 22, to leave out the words "than in the United Kingdom," and to insert instead thereof the words "within the British Empire." It is a pleasure to me to be able to...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 8, to leave out the word "forty-five," and to insert instead thereof the word "sixty." This is a consequential Amendment which follows upon the concession I...
Read the Third time, and passed.
Read the Third time, and passed.
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 71A.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Frederick Hall.]
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