Mercher, 23 Gorffennaf 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Southern Railway Bill (by Order),
"to amend the Local Authorities Loans (Scotland) Acts, 1891 and 1893," presented by Mr. WILLIAM ADAMSON; supported by Mr. James Stewart; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed....
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Norwegian Government are introducing legislation for the punishment of persons inciting workers to strike and...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the increasing importance of the work carried out by the League of Nations, the Government have in contemplation any...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government will consider the appointment of a representative to take charge in the House of Commons of important questions which...
49. asked the Prime Minister who will be the principal delegates and the delegates' substitute, representing Great Britain at the forthcoming Assembly of the League of Nations; and whether he has...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the Government of Abyssinia has issued a decree forbidding provincial governors and officials and subjects from...
Mr. HARRISON: 10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can now put the House in possession of the terms of the despatch from His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington conveying the...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the British Ambassador at Washington is advised or consulted by the Irish Free State envoy as to passports for travellers from the United...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give the House any information regarding the present position of the other British firms, excluding the Russo-Caucasian Company,...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has pressed upon the representatives of the Soviet Government during the present negotiations the necessity of full satisfaction being...
76. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he has ally information as to the amount of grain exported from Russia in 1923 and the amount set aside to be...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is yet in possession of information with reference to the recent attempt to set up a republican form of government in Persia; and...
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now in a position to state the nature of the reply of the United States Government to the invitation of the three signatory...
16. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the 30 per cent. differential duty in Venezuela on produce and merchandise of the British West Indies came into force; and whether he can...
19. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the representations made to the Liberian Government upon the question of the labour traffic from that territory through the...
27. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is yet in a position to say whether the reports from units of the Navy upon their efforts to put down slave traffic in the Red...
12. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr. Das has applied for a passport to come to this country; whether a passport has been granted; and whether his proposed visit is on...
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if a British Consul has yet been appointed to reside in Montenegro?
28. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why the Admiralty is adopting the practice of degrading skilled men to the status and pay of unskilled labourers in the Government...
22. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what proportions of the torpedoes and cordite for the Royal Navy are manufactured at the Royal Naval Torpedo Factory and the Royal Naval...
23. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why tenders have been accepted allowing for the completion of the five additional cruisers in three years instead of having them built in a...
25.(on behalf of asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Committee to inquire into the withheld retired pay of naval officers has as yet reported; if so, what are its...
26. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to the position of foremen of works clerks who were not allowed to compete in the recent examination...
36. asked the Minister of Labour whether, owing to complaints he has received from the unemployed in Middlesbrough, he has scat any instructions to the rota or advisory committees making...
38. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that in certain districts of the Scottish coalfield, where a number of collieries have been on short time for several weeks past, intimation was...
Lord HENRY CAVENDISHBENTINCK: 65. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Corporation of Nottingham has incurred expenditure in setting up relief works for the unemployed to the...
41. asked the Minister of Health what proportion of the £162,400 expended by boards of guardians on vaccination during the year ending 30th September, 1922, was incurred in the actual...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether any representation or protest has been received from the United States Government with respect to the sending from the United Kingdom of liquors which...
53. asked the Minister of Health whether he can account for the large variations given in the figures supplied by him on 1st July in the deaths in urban areas, namely, fluctuations from 7.2 to 16...
47. asked the Prime Minister if he can give special consideration to the Ice Cream and Mineral Water Sales Bill so that it may be passed during this Session; and if, in considering this request,...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to give facilities for a Bill which, while leaving undisturbed the provisions of the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement, and consequently...
51. asked the Prime Minister if he proposes to take any steps to remove the dissatisfaction existing amongst ex-service civil servants with regard to the final Report of the Southborough...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that nearly 100 Members have asked that the House may be allowed to discuss and determine the question of whether or not, some addition...
60. asked the Minister of Health if he proposes to introduce legislation to make it illegal to erect hoardings for billposting without the consent of the local authorities, and also to give these...
63. asked the Minister of Health if, in view of the increase in the cost of lunatic patients maintained in lunatic asylums now chargeable to boards of guardians, and the inadequacy of the sum of...
66. asked the Minister of Health at what rent a house built under the provisions of the Housing (Financial Provisions) Bill in Manchester could be let, assuming that the cost of the house was...
by Private Notice asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the numerous evictions which are still taking place in London and the suburbs owing to the fact that the...
73 asked the Postmaster-General (1) in connection with the proposed amalgamation of the Plymouth and Exeter telephone districts, whether, in view of the advantages from a progressive business...
80. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the arrears of the Super-tax, Corporation Profits Tax and the Excess Profits Duty at the end of the financial year 1924; whether any of the...
8.on behalf of asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the experience of the Aberdeen trawler "Rosetta" in Altona harbour; whether he is aware...
41. asked the Minister of Health whether the district auditor who is now examining the accounts of the Poplar Guardians has completed his inquiry; whether he can state the amount of any...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he has given consideration to the suggestion of the appointment of a permanent Commission to collect facts about industry and to offer its services in...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether it is proposed to find a seat for the Solicitor-General in the House of Commons; and, if so, when it is proposed to carry this out?
59. asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet consulted the Law Officers of the Crown as to the plight of existing nurses who, notwithstanding an order of this House giving them access to...
The following question stood on the Paper in, the name of Major CHURCH: 79. To ask the Minister of Agriculture why his Department was not directly officially represented at the conference of...
by Private Notice asked the Deputy-Leader of the House whether his attention has been called to the fact that the reply of the British Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the...
by Private Notice asked the Postmaster-General whether the Government has yet come to a decision on the recommendations of the Donald Committee, and what steps have been taken to establish an...
May I ask the Deputy-Leader of the House what Orders the Government propose to take to-night?
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee D: Mr. Richards.
Order for Third Reading read.
As amended, considered.
I beg to move, in page 1, line 15, at the end, to insert (2) In this Act the expression earnings ' moans money or money's worth which a person receives or acquires as a result of work presently...
Order for Second Beading read.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Consideration of Bill, as amended.
Amendment made: In page 1, line 19, at the end, insert the words (3) This Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland."—[Mr. Snowden.]
As amended, considered.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 40, after the word "authority," to insert the words "in Great Britain." This is a purely drafting Amendment. In the Committee stage some doubt arose as to the...
Resolution reported, That, for carrying out the provisions of any Act of the present Session to provide for the regulation of wages of workers in agriculture and for purposes incidental thereto,...
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
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