Mercher, 6 Awst 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Tynemouth Corporation Bill,
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether British subjects are allowed to visit British occupied territory in Germany; whether any special visa or permit is required on an...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that extensive orders have recently been placed with armament firms in this country for the prompt delivery of war supplies...
4. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that during the Naval Review certain guests of the Government entertained on the train and on various steamers were...
5. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that it is not the practice to give sick pay to gun examiners in the inspection of naval ordnance employed in the Royal...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir P. RICHARDSON: 8. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty upon what grounds the recent 5½ per cent. reduction of the retired pay of officers is made upon the...
10. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if the Maltese crew which is to recommission the "Maine" is to be made up of ex-service or active ratings?
11. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he can give the composition of the Admiralty Selection Board before which candidates for special entry and paymaster cadets must appear?
12. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if it is proposed to abolish the separate messing accommodation in the Portsmouth depot authorised for naval shipwrights by Replies to...
14. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Admiralty can now state if they have been able to reconsider the question of affording the people of the capital of the Empire...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: 15. asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the urgent demands of the men engaged in the yardcraft service of the Admiralty for improved conditions, he will...
17. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the question of making a lodging allowance to men who are compelled to work away from home and where they cannot get housing...
18. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Mr. J. Harding, of 33, Pease street, Lingdale, Brotton, Yorkshire, had his unemployment benefit stopped for three weeks because he was...
19. asked the Minister of Labour the number of men employed in the motor industry at the end of June, 1923, and at the end of June, 1924, respectively?
20. asked the Minister of Labour in which week he caused the number of 40,000 to be added to the unemployment figures issued by his Department?
39. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in order to relieve the lack of employment in British ship-repairing yards, he will consider any proposals to give Empire shipping a...
25. asked the Minister of Labour how many workers are likely to be affected by the light refreshment and dining room part of the catering trade for which he is proposing to set up a Trade Board?
26. asked the Minister of Health if the demands of the building operatives are conceded, what it is estimated will be the extra cost, respectively, of a parlour and non-parlour house built under...
27. asked the Minister of Health what steps will be taken to enforce the payment of the surcharges of £3,699 recently made by the auditor against the Poplar Guardians?
29. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received a resolution, passed unanimously at a largely attended meeting of ratepayers in the borough of Redcar, in the North Riding of Yorkshire,...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether the Regulations which he proposes to make, providing for the inspection of meat at the time of slaughter, include a provision that occupiers of...
Sir F. HALL: 31. asked the Minister of Health whether it is the intention of the Government to amend the Bill which has been introduced to deal with the question of the prices of building...
32. asked the Minister of Health if new legislation is necessary before local authorities could be authorised to give information concerning birth control at maternity centres?
36. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether all the privileges and facilities which existed prior to the War for children desiring to bathe in the Serpentine have now been restored to them?
37. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he will exercise his powers under the Ancient Monuments Act of 1882, 1900 and 1910, as well as under the Consolidation and Amendment Act of 1913,...
40. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that an application for a pension on behalf of A. Maskell, father of Private George Maskell, No. 17,462, late Royal Berks Regiment...
Sir F. HALL: 41.(on behalf of asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is satisfied that, in selecting medical officers for discharge from his Department, those who have not served overseas are...
43. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the frequent overcrowding of the trains between Hull and King's Cross and between King's Cross and Hull, especially in...
44. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the further increase in the number of fatal and other traffic accidents in London during the three months ended 30th June, he proposes to...
by Private Notice asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the very serious motor-coach accident at Blockley, whereby seven women and children have been killed,...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will recommend to Parliament a grant of public money to assist the 100,000 Christian refugees from Asia Minor who are now in Greek territory;...
47. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can state the number of acres under wheat in 1924 and 1923, respectively; and the number of acres under grain for the same period?
Major STROTHER STEWART: 49. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that on August Bank Holiday it was impossible to get post offices to accept telegrams for towns in England; that, through...
51. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that Mr. R. R. Montague is an applicant for employment as a skilled telegraphist in the Bristol Post Office; that Mr. Montague joined the...
Mr. W. M. ADAMSON: 52. asked the Secretary of State for War what steps are being taken to withdraw Circular Gen. No. 6/6,618 (F6), which calls upon clerks and writers to sever all connection with...
68 and 69. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1) what undertakings, given as a result of the recommendations of the Lytton Committee, prevent a resumption of appointments to the...
67. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will set up a committee to discuss the question of equal pay for equal work for men and women in the Civil Service?
53. asked the Secretary of State for War what was the regimental pay of the private soldier in August, 1914, and in November, 1918; if he still concurs in the statement contained in the Report of...
54 and 56. asked the Secretary for Scotland (1) whether he can state the amount of loans applied for and granted to Scottish fishermen for assistance to purchase fishing nets; and the number and...
55. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has received a statement from the Lewis District Committee of the County Council of Ross and Cromarty, indicating schemes which they consider...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 57. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether, in view of the fact that the Home Secretary has recently set up a Committee to inquire into the question of assaults and other...
58. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that during this year armed bands of Akali Sikhs, known as Jathas, have been collected by an organised body in the Punjab and...
59. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitors the prisoner Bottomley received during each of the months from March to September, 1923, inclusive?
61. asked the Home Secretary whether, seeing that an intimation has been given to the organisers of the Stock Exchange sweepstake that in future steps will be taken to prevent such procedure, it...
62. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the sentence of 14 days' hard labour passed upon two seamen found riding on the buffers of the Euston to Liverpool express on...
64. asked the Home Secretary if he will consider the re-establishment of whistling for cabs, which was forbidden as a war-time measure in order not to disturb the many wounded men in the...
Duchess of ATHOLL: 65. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that there are a number of girls employed in the sale of confectionery from 9 a.m. until 9.30 p.m. with an hour and-a-half off...
70. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the number of retail excise licences held by wine and spirit dealers who do not hold justices' licences, as on 30th June, 1923, or other...
by Private Notice asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why police officers were instructed to raid the offices of the newspaper, "Workers' Weekly," and to arrest the editor; what...
by Private Notice asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has any information to give to the House on his return from Ireland?
Mr. HARVEY: I beg to ask you, Mr. Speaker, whether you are able to make any communication to the House with regard to the granting by the Lord Great Chamberlain of additional facilities for...
Mr. EDMUND HARVEY: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to empower local education authorities to make provision for continued school attendance and for purposes connected...
"to empower local education authorities to make provision for continued school attendance and for purposes connected therewith," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a...
Should I be in order to ask the Leader of the House what business he proposes to take after the Appropriation Bill?
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 254.]
"to confirm a certain Agreement supplementing Article twelve of the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland to which the force of Law was given by the Irish Free...
That they have agreed to,—
Lords Amendments to be printed. [Bill 251.]
Order read for Consideration of Lords Reason for insisting on one of their Amendments to which this House has disagreed.
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I beg to move, "That the Lords Amendments be considered forthwith." The House will permit me to make some preliminary observations before we take the Amendments one by one. The number of...
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Combinations of Counties for which Committees are to be Established on the First Establishment of Committees.Counties of Bedford and Huntingdon.Counties of Cambridge and Isle of Ely.Counties of...
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment.
I must apologise to the House for not having the White Paper which was promised by the Prime Minister before this discussion took place, but the circumstances in which I have been working have...
I have to announce to the House that there is a further Message from the Lords, on the Agricultural Wages Bill.
"That they do not insist upon their Amendments to the Agricultural Wages Bill to which this House has disagreed, but have made Amendments in lieu of certain of them, and they agree to the...
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London Traffic Bill,—That they have agreed to the Amendment to the Amendment, upon which the Lords had insisted, to the London Traffic Bill, without Amendment.
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I beg to move, in page 1, line 9, after the word "Act," to insert the words for making or causing to be made a false statement as to the class or variety of seed potatoes. This Amendment is moved...
Order [2nd June] that the Bill be committed to a Standing Committee, read and discharged.
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