Iau, 17 Gorffennaf 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case, of the following Bill, brought from the Lords and referred on the First Reading...
For the County of Holland with Boston, in the room of WILLIAM STAPLETON ROYCE, esquire, deceased.—[Mr Frederick Hall.]
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will state for what reason tuberculosis officers are prevented from expressing an opinion upon whether an ex-service man's disease is attributable to,...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether it is the practice of his Department, in special cases in which the appellants have failed to exercise their right of appeal within the time allowed, to...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, seeing that Article 1,163 of the Royal Warrant of 1914 provides that a permanent pension may be granted to a non-commissioned officer or man discharged...
4. asked the Minister of Pensions what is the cost per patient per day of hospitals directly administered by the Ministry; whether such cost is greater than the average capitation grant given to...
5. asked the Minister of Pensions how many applications for commutation of life pensions have been made to the Ministry, and recommended by local war pensions committees, during the past year;...
7. asked the Minister of Pensions if his Department is still continuing the re-assessment of allowances to mothers of deceased soldiers, based on alleged underestimation of the value of the...
6.(on behalf of asked the Minister of Pensions the circumstances under which disabled pensioners were originally notified that they were entitled to an alternative pension; is he aware that many...
39. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that Quartermaster-Sergeant Thomas Curtis, late of the Dorset Regiment, who is nearly 70 years of age and who has lost both...
by Private Notice asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in amplification of the reply given yesterday regarding the case of Mr. Roskell, he can now furnish for the information of the House...
8. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of children at present in the reformatory schools, the number in industrial schools, and the numbers in these institutions in 1914?
9. asked the Home Secretary whether he has been able to give consideration to a reduction of the sentences imposed on. R. E. Dean by the Woburn Bench for giving a lift to a poor wayfarer while...
12. asked the Home Secretary the number of persons pro- ceeded against for being drunk or drunk and disorderly in the Counties of Brecon, Glamorganshire, Monmouthshire, and Herefordshire,...
13. asked the Home Secretary the number of cases in which proceedings were taken against persons for the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in England, Scotland, and Wales, respectively, during...
14. asked the Home Secretary whether he has given further consideration to the proposal for allowing advertisements to be placed in taxi-cabs; and can he inform the House of his intentions in...
15. asked the Home Secretary whether he is now in a position to make a statement as to the number and nature of arms found by the police in course of being shipped secretly from London Docks;...
16. asked the Home Secretary if he proposes to publish the result of the inquiry into ex-Inspector John Syme's case; whether he will also publish the evidence given before the Commissioners; and...
17. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware of the serious increase in the number of shops in London publicly exposing for sale contraceptive articles, accompanied frequently by books of an...
Viscountess ASTOR: 18. asked the Home Secretary how many police station canteens in the Metropolitan area are licensed for the provision of alcoholic drink; and whether he can state if the police...
19. asked the Home Secretary how many prisoners there are now serving sentences in English convict prisons who were convicted by civil Courts or courts-martial in Ireland; how many are serving...
21. asked the Home Secretary whether the practice is being adopted of transferring prisoners from Colonial prisons to prisons in this country; and how many such prisoners are at present serving...
The following question stood on the Paper in the name ofMr. GROVES: 23. To ask the Home Secretary the fund from which the expenses are met on occasions when the local police deem it necessary to...
24. asked the Home Secretary whether, within the last six months, any new Regulations, and, if so, what, or any modifications of existing Regulations have been made with respect to the entry of...
27. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of mentally defective and the number of physically defective children for whom grants are being paid to local education authorities,...
29. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, having regard to the fact that the Government contribution towards the expenditure of local education authorities on maintenance...
30. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he intends to take any action, by means of an alteration in the Code, to enforce the policy declared in Circular 1,325 of reducing the...
31. asked the President of the Board of Education how many local authorities in England have applied, under Article 9 (a) of the Board's Regulations, for sanction to abolish school fees in their...
32. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many aeroplanes are stationed in Iraq; how many pilots and observers are stationed there; and how many aeroplanes are ready for immediate...
33. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he can supply the figures asked for with respect to the cost of training boys at Halton before the House rises for the Summer Vacation?
34. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the scales of remuneration for temporary clerks employed in the offices of His Majesty's Inspectors of Taxes; and the approximate number employed at such...
40. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can sec his way to advise the Government to review the question of the remuneration of women as compared with men in the Civil...
48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in making promotions to the rank of first-class valuer in the Inland Revenue, regard is paid to the work required from the officer promoted?
50. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he proposes to make some provision for the legitimate claims of temporary women who have served in Government service from very early...
35. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that there is strong public feeling in Scotland against the proposed sale of national property at Gretna; and whether, in view of the...
36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Inland Revenue Department propose to extend the liability of a special agent to be assessed to Income Tax in respect of the profits made by...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that Rumania is in need of 4,000 locomotives; and whether, in view of the fact that many of our locomotive works are idle, he will give...
26. asked the Home Secretary whether he is prepared to accept the offer of the hon. Member for South Battersea of two overall suits for policemen employed at the- more inadequately lighted points...
43. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware of complaints of delay experienced by old age pensioners of Essex regarding applications for pensions, and that complaints are...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will now state what steps will be taken to keep the public informed of the proceedings of the Inter-Allied Conference; whether it is proposed to open any...
47. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury when the fees to be paid to the Attorney-General and the three Counsel who assisted him during the trial of Vaquier for murder are likely to be...
52. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that in a recent prosecution by the county council of Essex, under Section 6 (1) (a) of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906,...
53. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that at Nine Ashes, Blackmore, Essex, a sow died in a field adjacent to the public highway; that this was reported to the proper authority...
54 and 55. asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) what is the official estimate of the present unsatisfied demands for small holdings in England and Wales; (2) whether he can give the number and...
57. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he can now state what conclusion has been arrived at as a result of recent conversations with the local authorities and others in connection with the...
58. asked the Secretary for Scotland if the small heritors of Scotland have been consulted by the Church authorities on the provisions of the Church of Scotland Bill; and if there is any means of...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 59. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether the value of land in an agricultural parish in Scotland, under the Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill, is net or gross value?
60. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received a Resolution from the Bedwellty Guardians calling his attention to the serious position in which many poor peoples are placed as a result...
61. asked the Minister of Health whether He is aware that many boards of guardians are refusing to recognise non-resident relief, with the result that many homes are being broken up or that great...
62. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the amount of 4s. per head repaid to boards of guardians under the 1888 Act for the maintenance of pauper lunatics in asylums is totally...
63. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether ho has received the Report of the Inquiry of the special Commissioner into the recent riots at Georgetown, British Guiana?
64. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that traders in countries competing with this country in neutral markets are able to despatch by post parcels and boxes which exceed in size...
65. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that there are 12 civilians now employed as secretaries to Territorial Associations, he can see his way to ensure that this...
66. asked the Secretary of State for War if he can state, approximately, how many serving soldiers completed time during the War and were retained as pensioners mobilised?
68. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the warrant officers, Indian unattached list, are allowed the same free passage- facilities when proceeding to this country on leave as...
I desire to put to you, Sir, a question by Private Notice. At this Sitting of the House I received a letter from your Secretary, referring me to Question 67, which the hon. Member was not in his...
The following question stood on the Order Paper in the name ofMr. GROVES: 22. To ask the Home Secretary whether, in cases where citizens are injured by the police and no charge made against the...
25. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the hardships and risks to health and life imposed upon workers handling hides, horns, hoofs, bones, wool, and hair, particularly those...
41.on behalf of asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the Barnes of the trustees who control the management of the Sir John Soane Museum, in Lincoln's Inn Fields; will he state whether...
70. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if regulations were in force at the beginning of the Great War which entitled pre-War naval and marine pensioners to count War service for...
May I ask the Deputy-Leader of the House what business he proposes to take next week?
London County Council (Lambeth Bridge) Bill [Lords],
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee D.
Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills do examine the Imperial Institute Bill [Lords] with respect to compliance with the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills.
reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee' C: Mr. Purcell; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Hoffman.
further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee D: Mr. Rose; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Raine.
Reported, without Amendment, from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence.
That they have agreed to,— Ministry of Health Provisional Orders (No. 6) Bill,Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 1) Bill,London, Midland, and Scottish Railway (Superannuation Fund)...
Read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitioners for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 214.]
Read the first time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and to be printed. [Bill 215.]
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 3, line 34, to leave out from the word "undertake" to the word "that" in line 35. The effect of the Amendment would be that the special conditions which are laid down in...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Parkinson.]
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