Iau, 9 Hydref 1924
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
County of London Electric Supply Company Bill [Lords] (by Order),
I beg to move, That the Promoters of the Private Bills which have been brought from the House of Lords in the present Session of Parliament shall have leave to suspend any further proceeding...
I beg to move, in lines 12 and 13, to leave out the words "or Edinburgh." This amendment and the following amendments on the paper are not of very great importance, but they have been on the...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the desire of pensions committees that the time limit on appeals in connection with final awards should not apply...
Mr. T. THOMSON: asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will revise the Regulations which prevent an ex-service man who is undergoing outpatient treatment from receiving any monetary allowance...
3.(on behalf of asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that there has been no meeting of the Central Advisory Committee for over 12 months; and what steps he proposes to take to call...
4. asked the Minister of Pensions if he has yet found it possible to take any steps in the direction of awarding life pensions to ex-service men suffering from tuberculosis as a result of their...
Mr. T. THOMSON: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is prepared to take the necessary steps to revise the Old Age Pensions Regulations, so that the actual income received by old age...
7. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many motor-car licences have been taken out. since 1st August; and how the number compares with that of last year?
8. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has any information that the Polish Government has abandoned the levy of capital which was originally introduced for the years 1924, 1925 and 1926?
9. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer v hat is the position of the bondholders in the Egyptian Tribute?
10. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if all the Allies will participate in the £40,000,000 loan to Germany?
1 asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the possibility of extending national responsibility for mental ex-service patients retrospectively, so as to cover the period...
12. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the Southborough Committee in their final Report have made no recommendations regarding the treatment of disabled men;...
13. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the present conditions relating to the export of horses for slaughter; and whether he proposes to take any steps in...
14. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the steady rise in the number of unemployed persons and of the approach of winter, His Majesty's Government have any new proposals to lay...
16. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that, as a consequence of the shortage of housing accommodation in the town of Shrewsbury, industrial workers in the town have to cycle, in the...
18.on behalf of asked the Minister of Health how many horses up to date are approved; how many are under construction; and how many have been completed under the lousing Act, 1923?
12. asked the Minister of Health why the scheme of the Epsom Rural District Council to erect 20 houses at Banstead and 20 at Burgh Heath was disapproved by his Ministry, seeing that even this...
20. asked the postmaster General whether he is aware of the conditions existing at the engineer's office, 238, your road, Bristol, which is a poor class warehouse, and not designed for an office...
21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can give the number of British and Indian casualties since 1st January, 1924, at Razmak, in Waziri-stan; whether he is aware that the...
22. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the virulence of the vernacular papers in the Punjab which has been instrumental in increasing the...
23. asked the Under-Secretary of State fur India whether his attention has been called to the address presented to the Governor of the Central Provinces by the Depressed Classes' Association,...
25. asked the Prime Minister if he has received any communication from Mr. Justice P. R. Das, of the Patna High Court, acting on behalf of his brother, Mr. C. R. Das, the leader of the Swaraj...
by Private Notice asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will give the House the latest information he has regarding the disastrous floods in the Punjab; what arrangements have...
Mr. MILNE: by Private Notice asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether serious riots between Hindus and Mahommedans have broken out at Allahabad; how many people have been killed or...
The most important day of the Festival of the Muharram was the 12th August. The processions connected with the ceremony was carried out without any important breach of the peace throughout...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can communicate any information relative to the reported killing of Charles Edward Rimmer, a British subject, at Puerto Castilla,...
5. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce a measure to provide that in courts of summary jurisdiction the magistrate, or the magistrate's clerk, shall at...
Mr. SPEAKER: Does the hon. Member for North Bristol (Mr. Ayles) wish to put his Private Notice question about China?
by Private Notice asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to a statement in the Press that, when the AngloRussian Conference had practically broken down, the Russian...
by Private Notice asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can state what arrangements have been made in regard to the use by Members of their railway vouchers, in the event of the...
May I ask the Prime Minister if he has any statement to make to. the House?
"to enable students to travel to places of education free of charge," presented by Mr. LIVINGSTONE; supported by Captain Wedgwood Penn, Mr. Masterman, Mr. Falconer, Mr. Comyns-Carr, Mr. Thomas...
Mr. SPEAKER: I have further to acquaint the House that the Lord High Chancellor, being one of the High Com- missioners, delivered His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament...
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