Llun, 21 Gorffennaf 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ordered, That Standing Orders 220 and 246, relating to Private Bills, be suspended until the Summer Adjournment.
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to Midlothian (Calder District) Water," presented by Mr. WILLIAM ADAMSON; and ordered (under...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the system of impressed labour for civil or military purposes continues in any part of India; and, if so, whether he will lay upon the...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any legislation is contemplated by the Government of India to enable trade unions to be registered and to protect such bodies from civil or...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether there is any barrier to prevent a fully qualified Indian practising as a consulting engineer in India; and, if not, whether he will inquire...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the fact that two workmen employed by the Bombay and Baroda Railway Company have been discharged because...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the Report on the administration of the gaols in the Punjab for the year 1923, and the remarks of the...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he is aware that Sardar Mohindrasingh, a member of the Punjab Legislative Council, has been sentenced to two and a half years' rigorous...
10. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if, in view of the satisfaction expressed by the people of Bombay with the action of the Secretary of State regarding the payment of wages...
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India, if his attention has been called to the imprisonment of parents in Hyderabad, Sindh, who have conscientious objections to vaccination; and, if...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the feeling that has been aroused in India against the readmission of German missionaries consequent on...
47. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will state the amount of revenue received by the Indian Government from the sale of opium and alcoholic liquors in British India for...
48. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the serious state of unrest and discontent among the Sikhs in the Punjab; and, if so, to what cause does...
49. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he can give any information as to the recent rioting in Delhi; the cause of the outbreak; and the number of casualties?
53. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of births in British India during the past 10 years ending 30th June; and the number of deaths of children under one, five and 10 years...
50. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that there is a house shortage at Rawal Pindi and insufficient Government bungalows to accommodate married officers of the...
58. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will publish as a White Paper an account of the proceedings and finding in the Cawnpore conspiracy case?
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a reply to the representations he has made to the Government of Brazil with regard to their failure to carry out their...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any information to give the House with regard to the progress of the civil war in Brazil; whether the American Government has...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the Reports of other countries have been published, he will at an early date make public the views of His...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the whole of the Reports upon slave owning and slave trading received by His Majesty's Government have been placed at the disposal of...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the question of the disposal of the money raised by import duties and tariffs on British goods entering the Ruhr since its original...
34. asked the Prime Minister whether the decisions arrived at at the London Conference will be submitted to Parliament for approval before being made effective?
41. asked the Prime Minister what arrangements have been come to with regard to the representation of the Dominions and India at the present Inter-Allied Conference; whether the High...
19. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the question of British consular officers in Russia and Russian consular officers in the United Kingdom has been settled; in what...
25. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that no binding treaty or engagement will be entered into with the Soviet Government, or with the Soviet...
35. asked the Prime Minister whether it is intended to conclude a new Anglo-Soviet commercial treaty to supersede the trade agreement of 1921; whether it is proposed under it to hand over any...
85. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has received the £30,103 paid by the Russian Government as compensation for the arrest of the British trawlers on the Murmansk coast; what...
31. asked the Prime Minister whether, on the return of the special service squadron from their world cruise, a march of the officers and men through London can take place on the same lines as...
32. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of the suffering inflicted upon officers of the Royal Navy and their families owing to no decision having so far been reached upon the question of...
36. asked the Prime Minister the particulars concerning the replacement of British tonnage communicated to Paris, Tokio, Rome, and Washington, as required by the Washington Treaty?
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 27. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the information given on Wednesday last to the hon. Member for the Farnham Division of Surrey (Mr. A....
30. asked the Prime Minister whether he will ascertain if the Departmental Committee which is about to inquire into the facts recently disclosed in the Law Court of the payment by one Government...
29. asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to bring any legislative proposals before the House concerning the sale of retail coal or matters relating thereto?
90. asked the Minister of Labour the present position of the strike at Loanend Colliery, Blantyre, and the matters that have brought about this dispute; and whether he proposes to take any action...
33. asked the, Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the statements of the German Government and employers' delegates at the International Labour Conference in Geneva last month...
37. asked the Prime Minister whether the ratification by the Iraq Assembly of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty, subject to the rider attached that the Treaty should be null and void if the British...
39. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received a petition, largely signed by hon. Members of this House, praying for an opportunity to discuss the Report on the case of the ex-ranker...
40. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that much concern is being expressed at the terms of the Southborough Committee Report, in which no recommendations are made in regard to disabled...
59. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he Is aware that there is no law in Mauritius providing for compensation to workmen meeting with accidents; that there is no law...
60. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received any representations from the people of Mauritius regarding a change in the constitution of their legislative council;...
61. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received the unanimous vote of the Legislative Council of Mauritius in favour of an extension of the term of service as Governor...
62. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, before he makes any agreement with Dominion Governments with regard to emigration, he will first make inquiries as to the rates of...
42. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that Mrs. Stan Harding, a British subject, was condemned to death by the Soviet authorities in 1920 in consequence of the United States secret...
43. asked the Prime Minister when the Royal Commission on Local Government is expected to submit its Report?
64. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the grounds on which the services of Mudir Mohamed bin Salim, of Kenya Protectorate, have been dispensed with; and whether officers of a standing...
65. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any tenders were invited from private engineering firms for the construction of the Takoradi harbour works under the Stewart and...
68. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how long, as the result of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Jamaica, the live stock of farmers in the island have been kept in...
71. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is proposed that, in constituting the Imperial Economic Committee, separate special representatives shall be appointed for the Crown...
72. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the value to British imports of the Preference granted by the various overseas parts of the Empire in 1923; what were the special lines of...
73. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if, in view of the premature close of the work of the Committee which last year inquired into the potentialities of the development of East and...
76. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, if the Wood-Renton Commission or any other Commission in Southern Ireland is empowered to award compensation in cases of claims against the...
80. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can make any further statement in the case of the murderous attacks made upon British officers and soldiers at Queenstown?
82. asked the o Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has succeeded in getting together the personnel required, both men and women, for the forthcoming Empire Pageant?
83. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it has been decided that the six-inch maps of the Ordnance Survey are to be issued in the form of full sheets; and whether, in view of the serious...
84. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give figures showing the number of insolvencies among farmers for each year since 1922?
86. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that an advertisement has appeared in the Press for an assistant mycologist in the Ministry of Agriculture's pathological laboratory at...
87. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any representations have reached him showing a shortage of labour in any branch of land cultivation; and what steps have in that case been taken to...
Can the Deputy-Leader of the House say, in the event of the Motion in the name of the Prime Minister being carried, how far is it proposed to go with the business on the Paper?
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Chairmen's Panel; That they had appointed Mr. Alden to act as Chairman of Standing Committee D (in respect of the Government of India (Leave of Absence)...
That they have agreed to,—
Considered in Committee.—[Progress, 17th July.]
I beg to move, in page 5, line 29, after the word "contributions," to insert the words or contributions of smaller amount or for a shorter period. Under this Clause, if the treaty with the...
I beg to move, in page 6, line 27, after the word "such," to insert the words "local authorities and." The Clause contemplates consultation with associations of local authorities. There are...
I beg to move in page 7, lines 8 and 9, to leave out the words "the Commons House," and to insert instead thereof the words "both Houses." This Amendment is moved to provide that any Order made...
Mr. T. THOMSON: I beg to move, in page 7, line 14, after the word "of," to insert the words The Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919, and. Some considerable doubt has arisen on the part of...
The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. William Adamson): I beg to move, in page 7, line 34, to leave out the word "any," and to insert instead thereof the words "a landward." The object of my Amendment...
In any case where the Minister certifies that a local authority has failed to take the necessary steps for promoting the construc- tion of houses under the Housing, Etc., Act. 1923, or this Act,...
That it shall be the duty of the Minister to carry out a general survey of housing needs in order to ascertain the exact requirements of the local authorities as to the provision of new houses...
Any expenses incurred by the London County Council under this Act and under Section two of the Housing, etc., Act, 1923, as amended by this Act shall be defrayed as expenses for general county...
The Minister of Health shall not make it a condition of granting or withholding the contributions to the expenses incurred by the local authorities in the building of houses authorised in Section...
In order to prevent competition of many borrowers and the consequent increase in the rate of interest for financing the scheme there shall be only one hot-rower on behalf of all authorities, who...
In carrying out any building programme under this Act a local authority shall retain full power to fix the number of houses which it will build in any period subject to the limitation of a...
(1) The powers conferred upon local authorities by Section five of the Housing, etc., Act, 1923, may be exercised by a county council, and any expenses incurred by a county council there under...
Where a house has been provided by a local authority or by a society, body of trustees, or company within the meaning of Section Three of The Housing, etc., Act, 1923, and in respect thereof a...
In Section Five of The Housing, etc., Act, 1923— (a) The word "houses," wherever it occurs shall be deemed to include, and always to have included, flats and blocks of flats; and(b)...
The failure to complete a house before any date specified in this Act or any order made there under shall not render invalid any undertaking to make a contribution or give assistance in respect...
(1) In approving proposals for the construction of houses under this Act the Minister shall not impose any condition which would prevent the materials required being purchased in the cheapest...
A. local authority, in carrying out any proposals approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Act, shall have power to determine the number of houses which they will build in any particular...
I beg to move, in page 9, to leave out lines 12 and 13. This Amendment is designed with the view of relieving the local authority of the obligation to provide a separate room for a bath. The...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Parkinson.]
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