Mawrth, 7 Gorffennaf 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
PRIVATE BILLS [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with),
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any information as to a recent agreement arrived at between the German, the French, the Saar, and the Luxembourg iron masters in regard...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade the total exports from this country to China during the 12 months ended the, 31st March, 1925. including exports to possessions in China belonging to...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government, on the recommendations of the Imperial Institute Advisory Committee, to make possible...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade the principal sources within the Empire of industrial alcohol from prickly pear, coffee pulp, acorns, sweet potatoes, and molasses, specifying the...
Lieut. - Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 12. asked the President of the Board of Trade approximately the value of the exports from Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the first six months of...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether all those industries which would be affected, adversely or otherwise, by either a duty on the imports of foreign iron...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, before registering a ship as British, any inquiries are made as to whether it was constructed in Great Britain or was built of foreign...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is proposed to publish the Report of the recent International Conference on Traffic in Arms; if so, when we may expect such Report; and whether...
Sir F. HALL: 14. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Office propose to take any action with respect to the circulation among the workers at Woolwich Arsenal of the Communist...
15. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that, when an individual comes over from the Irish Free State to Scotland and becomes chargeable to a Scotch parish under the Poor Law, his...
16. asked the Secretary for Scotland how many police constables in Kilmarnock have resigned, been dismissed, or suspended since Chief Constable Roy has been appointed; and whether any of those...
19. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that permission has been consistently refused to the young Communist pioneers to hold street processions in Greenock, whilst the boy scouts and...
22. asked the Secretary for Scotland the number of inhabited houses in Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh, Perth, Aberdeen and Paisley, respectively, which have been condemned by the sanitary authorities...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the necessity for substituting for the obsolete methods of discharging raw material in this country modern...
42. asked the Minister of Transport the number of bridges now being constructed or of which the designs have been authorised throughout the country?
23. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will consider the desirability of advising the Government to take steps for the national marketing of exportable coal on the lines suggested by the...
25. asked the Secretary for Mines what is the average price at which coal-mine owners interested in by-product works sell coal to themselves; and if these transactions are shown in the published...
28. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give the House any further information as to the progress that is being made to develop the process of low-temperature carbonisation of coal with...
29. asked the Secretary for Mines how long he estimates that the depression in the mining industry will continue; and whether he has any suggestion to make with regard to regulating the supply of...
Mr. SMITH: 30. also asked the Secretary for Mines the number of pits which have been opened and reopened in the last five years, the number which have been closed down, the number of workers now...
31. asked the Secretary for Mines what is the amount of money paid for coal in royalties for the years 1923 and 1924; what is the average royalty per ton throughout Great Britain; whether there...
34. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is in a position to report upon the inquiries of his Department into the incidence of miners' phthisis among men engaged in rock-drilling by the use...
35. asked the Secretary for Mines if he will give the figures showing the comparative extent of un employment in the coal industries in Great Britain and the United States at the end of 1924?
Mr. GRENFELL: 36. also asked the Secretary for Mines if he will furnish the statistics showing the number of days lost through industrial disputes in the coalfields of Great Britain, France,...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether he will either appoint a Committee to inquire to what degree the present depression in the mining industry is due to lack of efficient organisation or invite...
37. asked the Minister of Transport whether, seeing that no form of medical or driving test or knowledge of the road is required for those to whom driving licences are granted, he will consider...
39. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the large number of road accidents occurring to licensed chars-a-banc and motor omnibuses, especially in rural areas, are caused...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the statement in the Report of the Forestry Commissioners that a settled policy of afforestation is necessary, he is prepared to indicate the...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to consider the suggestion, widely supported by representative employers and employed, that a Commission comprising leading men of all parties...
48. asked the Prime Minister if the Government intend to introduce legislation to provide for the purchase in bulk by the Government of Colonial foodstuffs and the marketing thereof in this...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is in a position to furnish any information in respect to the negotiations for a settlement of inter-Allied debts?
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the condition of our export trade, His Majesty's Government will now take steps to facilitate the holding of an international...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will bring before the House for confirmation all transactions of the Trade Facilities Committee, or any arrangement for subsidy to industries?
MR. CHURCHILL'S STATEMENT.
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the receipts and repayments of Excess Profits Duty during the three months ended 30th June, 1925, and the arrears outstanding on that date?
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Treasury, through the Advisory Committee on Bank Amalgamations, is considering any further proposals for amalgamations with the large banks...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will indicate in which Vote is included the estimated expenses of the Committee of Civil Research or whether there will be a Supplementary...
59. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that, by Regulations published on 29th April, 1919, the candidates who took the 1921 open competition for the administrative class...
62. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total number of His Majesty's inspectors of taxes employed in England and Wales during the financial year 6th April, 1924, to 5th April,...
64. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that it was the practice in the Ministry of Pensions automatically to transfer the papers for attention by the widows' and dependants'...
65. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, seeing that Article 1,163 pensions are based on pre-War conditions and that the Pensions (Increase) Acts only apply to pensions in payment on 1st...
66. asked the Minister of Pensions the amounts raised by the staff of the Pensions Issue Office for the benefit of disabled ex-service men in the years 1922, 1923 and 1924, respectively; what...
67. asked the Minister of Agriculture if any progress has been made in the direction of providing a fishery vessel for exploration of new fishery grounds, in view of the importance of the...
68. asked the Minister for Agriculture the total amount of capital of the companies which are receiving subsidy under the Sugar Beet Subsidy Acts; the proportion of this capital which is owned by...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 69. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, when considering the Traffic Report of the police authorities and road users, and its recommendation in favour of rear...
70. asked the Home Secretary for what reason special privileges have been promised by his Department to British Monomarks, Limited?
71. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the chaos existing on the Uganda Railway; that bookings from Uganda to the sea have been entirely suspended, and large...
I beg to ask, Mr. Speaker, whether you have been able to arrange for an index of questions, to be kept up to date, so as to be available for reference by Members?
May I ask the Prime Minister whether the Cabinet have yet reached a decision on the naval ship- building programme; and whether Supplementary Estimates will be printed?
STEPHEN: Mr. Can the Prime Minister give us any information as to when the Government intend to take the Second Reading of the Rent Restrictions (Scotland) Bill which has been introduced?
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee B: Major Harvey and Colonel Mason; and had appointed in...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C (added in respect of the Seeds Act (1920) Amendment Bill and the...
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON further reported from the Committee; That they had nominated the following Members to serve on Standing Committee D: Mr. Ernest Alexander, Viscountess Astor, Mr. Atkinson,...
Order for Second Reading read.
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