Llun, 13 Gorffennaf 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Bill,
Return ordered, "showing, for the financial years commencing the 1st day of April. ISSO, the 1st day of April, 1890, the 1st day of April, 1900, and for each financial year thereafter,—
2. asked the Undersecretary of State for India what were the circumstances which necessitated the appointment as private secretary to the Secretary of State of a gentleman not already on the...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether it is proposed to introduce a family pension fund for the uncovenanted services in India, as recommended by the Islington Commission and by...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether in considering the representations of the memorial submitted by the Foremen's Association of India, he will take into consideration the...
Lieut. - Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 5. asked the Under-Secretary of State, for India whether arrangements have been made recently for the affixing of a largo notice on the India Once Stores...
6. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether His Majesty's Government, will issue an Order in Council extending the provisions of the Colonial Solicitors As to the Irish Free State so...
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the circumstances and publish the Papers relating to the proclamation in the Irish Free State altering the terms of reference to...
9. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received any reply from the Governor of the Bahamas with reference to the recently issued prospectus of the Bahamas International...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the large profits made by rubber companies, as is shown by the last report of a rubber company with head offices in London,...
16. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department why there is a charge of 6d. for admittance to the cinema hall at the British Government pavilion at Wembley; and, in view...
19. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that bath-chair attendants, mostly ex-service men, employed at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley...
17.(for asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he will state the total amount of the salaries of the 67 administrative officers of the British Empire Exhibition,...
18. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been called to the forthcoming Danzig trade fair, which takes place from the 6th to the 9th...
21. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the total value of goods imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1924 from Denmark and Poland, respectively; and...
43. asked the President of the Board of Trade the estimated result of the first six months of 1925 of the trade balances of the country after invisible exports have paid for the excess of imports...
Sir F. HALL: 44. 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 the present year and the...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 48. asked the Prime Minister whether he expects to receive an interim Report from the Civil Research Committee on the position of the steel industry before the House rises?
53. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the output from the Clyde shipbuilding yards for the first six month? of this year of 302,753 tons is the greatest since the record year of...
20. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that Russia is now exporting coal at a loss, in view of its inability to use it at home; and whether any...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he has satisfied himself that the Clause in the Trade Agreement between this country and the Russian Soviet Government, whereby it was expressly agreed not to...
15.for asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department in which city, ports, or commercial centres of Russia, British Consuls are stationed: and whether it is proposed to...
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 22. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that the majority of farmers understand and accept the provisions of the new Order providing for the slaughter of...
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 23. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that farmers could employ many more hands if lime, marl and fertilisers were more within their means; and whether he...
Mr. F. MITCHELL: 24. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the improved outlook for employment on the land he will stimulate the movement of the workers from the industrial...
26. asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been drawn to the report of the Anglo-Scottish Sugar Beet Corporation, showing that a net profit of £3 l7s. 4d. per ton had been...
29. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any of the tithe rent- charge on lands in public ownership was redeemed during the years 1919–20; if so, whether any of it was redeemed by...
30. asked the Minister of Agriculture in how many cases proceedings have been instituted under Sector 9 (4) of the Agricultural Wages Regulation Act, 1924; how many cases have been to Court; and...
25.for asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to an outbreak of foot-find-mouth disease at Ottringham, Yorkshire; whether he can state the number of cattle...
31. asked the Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if he is aware that the matches used in the dining rooms of the House of Commons...
33. asked the Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, what has become of the statues that were removed from Westminster Hall during its...
35. asked the Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that the leather used for the recent re-upholstering of the...
32. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the attention of the Office of Works has been called to the obstruction...
36. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of British passport .issued by his Department to British and naturalised subjects for the years 1923 and 1924, respectively?
17. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of Chinese persons killed and wounded by the recent machine-gun fire in Canton: and the number of foreigners of each nationality,...
38.for asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in a position to make any further statement with regard to the, Government's intentions towards the Russian Government...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 41. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there is at present any Canadian official attached to the British Embassy at Washington, and, if so, what is his...
42. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the statute governing the surveillance of the territorial waters of the Tangier zone and the control of the zone has...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present amount of the accumulated surplus which has arisen from the funds allotted to the payment of the interest on the Turkish...
45. asked the Prime Minister if it is the intention to commence the next Session of Parliament before Christmas?
50. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to state the Government naval shipbuilding programme?
51. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his Department has yet been able be secure any measure of international co-operation to prevent or limit the discharge of oil at sea; whether...
Commander OLIVER LOCKERLAMPSON: 49. asked the- Prime Minister what steps he intends to take at the present time to prevent the publication in arsenals and Government factories of subversive...
55. asked the. Minister of Health whether Clause 24 of the Widows, Orphans and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill, which makes provision against double pensions, applies only to those in receipt...
50. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his Department is making full use of His Majesty's dockyard. Devonport; and what is the value of the stores and other supplies ordered from...
57. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, seeing that children's allowances are stopped, in addition to marriage allowances, when a naval rating refuses to live with his wife, through no...
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the assumption that the Bank of England note issue and the currency note issue had been combined, what was the total note issue and the value of gold...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the first War Savings Certificates will reach maturity early next year, if he is going to give holders an opportunity of continuing their investment...
65. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what steps are being taken to dispose of the locomotives which have become sin-plus for disposal since the Armistice?
60. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the arrest of Mr. W. P. Rea in connection with a constitutional meeting of the unemployed at Peckham on 24th June; will he...
67. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the proposal to make compulsory the insurance of motor-car owners against third-party risks, he will say what percentage of the owners of...
68. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that at Blackfriars Bridge the granite setts are being removed and wooden blocks put in their place, whereas at the Elephant and Castle wooden...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, seeing that the steps taken by the Government and the Dominion Governments, as outlined in the Annual Report of the Overseas Settlement...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Maltese affairs- are to be dealt with under the Dominions Department of the Colonial Department, or some other department of the office...
66. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the amount of public money paid as salaries, emoluments, fees, or as charges to the Law Officers of the Crown. or to other legal gentlemen who...
27.for asked the Minister of Agriculture what was the annual rent received from Crown land in Regent Street under the old leases and before the work of reconstruction began; and what is the...
I beg to ask the Prime Minster a question of which I have given private notice, namely, if he has any statement to make regarding the coal situation?
Colonel GRFTTON: 47. asked the Prime Minister if there will be an opportunity of discussing the Air Ministry and the Air Force before Parliament rises?
Mr. MacDONALD: May I put a question as to business? Will the Government tell us what Supply is to be taken on Thursday?
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I ask the indulgence of the House while I make a brief personal explanation in regard to a sentence in my speech last Thursday night. It is due not only to me...
Ordered, That the Committee OK Group F of Private Bills, which stands adjourned until Thursday, be further adjourned for the convenience of parties until Monday next, at half-past Eleven of the...
That they have agreed to—
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Lords Amendments to be considered upon Thursday, and to be printed. [Bill 217.]
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Members from Standing Committee D: Mr. Atkinson, Sir John Ganzoni, Major Glyn and Mr. Grace;...
Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Bill further considered in Committee.
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