Mercher, 1 Gorffennaf 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Bradford Corporation Bill (by Order), As amended, considered; Amendment made.
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there are any treaties now in force to which this country is a party which impose on this country in any eventualities the obligation...
Mr. BECKETT: 2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the reasons why the example of other countries is not followed and an Ambassador to the Soviet Union appointed by His Majesty's...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Government recognise the authority of Soviet Russia to extend to Georgia; and, if so, seeing that Russia, Great Britain and many other...
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 4. asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the lack of information from the Far East, he will state exactly what the 13 demands by the Chinese Government in...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by whom the Commissioners were nominated to collaborate with the Chinese Commission in the inquiry into the Shanghai disturbance; and what are...
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government will take the initiative in proposing immediately to the other Treaty Powers that a conference of all Powers...
22. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that international trading influences in China are demanding forcible representations and stern measures in regard to the...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Indians are eligible for appointment as diplomatic representatives in any Asiatic country or elsewhere; and whether any Indian has...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position with regard to the Iraq boundary; and when it is expected that this question will be settled?
12. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the amount to pay the coupons on the Egyptian tribute loans has now been paid?
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is intended, in view of the forthcoming expiration of the Anglo-Portuguese Commercial Treaty, to take steps in connection with any...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet carried out the suggestion made by the British representative at Buenos Aires in February, 1923, to appoint a Consul for the...
26. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the reply will be given to the wages petition of the men employed in His Majesty's Dockyard, Malta; and will he give a list of the weekly wage rate...
27. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether at Chatham Dockyard instructions have been given to the engineering manager that overtime must be worked to clear up arrears; and, if so,...
28. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the normal working week of men engaged in the yardcraft service, and when such normal week was fixed in accordance with the award of the...
29. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Admiralty have recently placed abroad order for considerable quantities of copper-wire gauze and whether any condition was included in the...
30. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty why the practice by which sea boots were served to sailors during the War is now discontinued?
31. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to the hardships endured by officers and men serving in His Majesty's destroyers during the recent spring...
32. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the matter raised on the 8th of April, 1925, has been considered regarding the unsatisfactory messes allotted in His Majesty's destroyers to...
33. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that during an open-air meeting held at Deal on Saturday, 20th June, and addressed by a Labour party speaker, members of the Royal Marines...
34. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty why the announcement upon the question of marriage allowance, the money for which has already been granted by the House of Commons, is still delayed?
35. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any additional vessels will be commissioned or completed with full crews for the training of Reservists' during the present year; and, if so,...
36. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is the position of a temporary masseuse in regard to charge and supervision of chief petty officers, petty officers, and other ratings...
45. asked the Prime Minister when the Report of the Cabinet Committee on Naval Shipbuilding will be ready; and when an announcement as to the Government's decision will be made to the House?
15. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have been invited to join Spain and France in blockading the Riff; whether it is proposing to do so; and under what...
18. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now investigated the report of the presence of members or officials of the Soviet Legation or other Soviet officials at Poplar...
37. asked the Minister of Labour the number of alien musicians to whom permits have been granted to land in Great Britain for the 12 months ending 31st May, 1925; if applications have been...
38. asked the Minister of Labour the number of coal miners on the books of the colliery companies and the number registered as unemployed on the latest date for which both figures are available,...
40. asked the Minister of Labour if the fact that an unskilled labourer has been employed for 26 weeks on relief work would be taken into account by a local employment committee in deciding...
41. asked the Minister of Labour how many uninsured persons were registered as unemployed on the latest date for which figures are available?
42. asked the Minister of Labour the number of applications by employers for workpeople, and the number of vacancies filled by the Employment Exchanges during the years 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924?
44. asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the official figures that there were on 25th May last 29,244 unemployed in hotel, boarding houses, and club services, he will state exactly what...
48. asked the Minister of Labour the total number of unemployed registered for the year ending 31st March, 1925, at Employment Exchanges in the County of London and the approximate number of men,...
56. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has issued a Circular to Employment Exchange managers ordering that no payment of dependants' benefit be paid in respect of any dependant in receipt of...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the payment of a grant to any Dominion Government for any unemployed man willing to emigrate for whom they will guarantee to find work overseas?
50. asked the Minister of Labour whether, having regard to the difficulty of obtaining information about the International Labour Organisation and the prohibitive cost of their publications, to...
51. asked the Minister of Labour whether the policy of the British Government delegates at the recent International Labour Conference in regard to the proposed draft convention as to night-work...
Mr. SANDEMAN: 53. asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken, with the view of relieving unemployment, to secure the orders for railway material, and to expedite the placing of...
Captain BENN: 54. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has yet instituted an inquiry into the cost-of-living index figures?
55. asked the Minister of Labour what progress has been made with the inquiry into wages and conditions in the grocery trade; when he expects the inquiry to be completed; and how soon publication...
57. asked the Minister of Labour the number of engineers experienced in making machinery for use in sugar beet factories who are unemployed in this country at the present time?
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 61. asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made with the schemes initiated by his predecessor in office for the augmentation of labour in the building trades...
63. asked the Minister of Health whether he has examined the possibilities of constructing steel houses in Devonport Dockyard, in view of the fact that, if this course could be adopted, not only...
64. asked the Minister of Health whether his Department is following the efforts being made by the United States of America in the direction of town and region planning; and whether any official...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 62. asked the Minister of Health the approximate number of persons who, on account of their not being insured under the National Health Insurance Acts, will be excluded from all...
65. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the final memorandum of the Secretary of State dealing with the question of the government and self-government of India will be published...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the result of the application of the iron and steel trade to the Safeguarding of Industries Committee for protection?
66. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the fact that out of £5,000,000 of German reparations earmarked for British seamen £500,000...
68. asked the Minister of Agriculture how many directors of the various sugar-beet companies who have obtained the subsidy under the Sugar Beet Act are of British nationality and how many of...
69. asked the Minister of Agriculture if the acreage
71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer approximately how many estates there are in this country valued at £12,500, or over, wholly or mainly invested in agricultural land and property?
WILLIAM MARTIN WIGGINS, esquire, for Borough of Oldham.
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order...
Resolution reported from the Select Committee; "That, in the case of the Boothferry Bridge Bill [Lords], Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed...
Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill further considered in Committee.
Question again proposed, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill."
I shall not take either of the Amendments to Clause 2 on the Paper.
I beg to move, in page 3, to leave out lines 1 to 12 inclusive. The object of the Amendment is to raise the whole question why the granting of a pension to the widow of a man of 60 is refused. If...
I beg to move, in page 3, lines 40 and 41, to leave out the words "his death" and to insert instead thereof the words she had become entitled to a widow's pension. This is a purely drafting...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 7, to leave out the words "one hundred and four" and to insert instead thereof the word "twenty-six." In moving this Amendment I am sure the Committee will agree...
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