Iau, 16 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),
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether the principal officers of areas employed by the Ministry are paid on a population basis; if so, what is the number of grades into which the areas are...
43. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, apart from any question of misconduct or loss of salary, civil servants have at any time been liable to be or have been arbitrarily...
44. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been drawn to a question put at a recent examination of ex-service men for permanent posts in the Civil Service...
3. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that many persons who have been granted licences by the London County Council for the purpose of running employment...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 4. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction felt by many local authorities at the small percentage of representatives which they have on the...
11. asked the Home Secretary whether he has called for and received a Report on the allegations made at the Central Criminal Court this week against the conduct of the police at Vine Street...
7. asked the Home Secretary the number of prosecutions which have taken place in connection with steam tractors which emit smoke and sparks to the annoyance and danger of the public for each...
8. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a number of fatal accidents have recently been caused by children running in front of motor cars to ascertain their licence numbers in order...
6. asked the Home Secretary the total strength of W. Division of the Metropolitan police in police officers; and how many of these officers were employed dressed in civilian attire to prosecute...
9. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the cases of excessive hours worked by women and young persons quoted in the Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories; and...
10. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the increase of industrial accidents for 1924, given in the Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories, in which it is stated...
12. asked the President of the Board of Education whether head teachers of London County Council elementary schools are held responsible in any way for accidents to children, should such...
13. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, seeing that the Regulations of the Board of Education prevent children when they reach the age of 14 years from attending play centres,...
14. asked the President of the Board of Education why 50 is fixed as the age limit for assistant inspectors of schools; whether he is aware that there are very competent men over that age who are...
15. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he will state the names of the new Roman Catholic schools which he has sanctioned since he took office; the names of those to which he...
16. asked the Minister of Health the number of employed persons in this country who are not insured under the National Health Insurance Acts?
32. asked the Minister of Health the difference between optical treatment, which was previously allowed to be given as an additional benefit under the Health Insurance Acts, and ophthalmic...
17. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the growing increase in the number of charges against persons accused of performing illegal operations; and will he consider the...
18. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Dorset County Council is advertising for a health visitor at a salary of £148 a year, out of which the person appointed has to...
19. asked the Minister of Health whether Colonel Harrison, a permanent official of the Ministry of Health, was acting under instructions when, at the recent Congress of the Royal Institute of...
20. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received from local authorities representations as to the expense imposed upon applicants for old age pensions by demands for the production of...
22. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Sedgefield Board of Guardians are holding their meetings on licensed premises, although protests have been made on account of there...
The following question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Mr. R. RICHARDSON: 24. To ask the Minister of Health whether, when he found that the starvation deaths in Berkshire were about five...
26. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that a number of insurance companies already have adequate pension schemes for their employés, including provision for widows and dependants...
29. asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet sanctioned the scheme of the Wednesbury Borough Council for the erection of houses on the recreation ground appropriated for this purpose; and,...
34. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that houses of the Telford, Atholl and Wilde types are constructed with a steel framework and are made largely of steel, whilst the...
59. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that a dispute between the plumbers and the heating engineers has held up the erection of a large number of houses on the East Hull housing site...
21. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that there were some houses built at Chilton Lane, Ferry-hill Station, County Durham, on which the subsidy was paid over three months ago, and two...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that Samuel Payton, residing at 1, Old Cross Street, Tipton, having had his unemployment benefit disallowed by the Tipton Employment Exchange,...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what charges will fall on the Budget of 1926-27 in respect of the Exchequer contribution to unemployment insurance?
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the Civil Research Committee has under consideration any aspects of the unemployment problem and, if so, what; and whether the Committee has yet made any...
30. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that Messrs. Chance and Hunt, chemical manufacturers, Wednesbury, deposit chemical refuse on a tip near their works; that the tip is open to...
38 and 39. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was the total amount of revenue for 1924-25 applicable to meeting the charge for interest on the Turkish Four Per Cent. Guaranteed Loan...
46. asked the Prime Minister if the Committee on Trade and Industry has yet submitted any Reports to the Government?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether he has considered farther the question of inviting the principal naval powers to a further conference on naval armaments: and whether any communication has...
49. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is conferring with the Minister of Labour and the National Farmers' Union in order to ensure an adequate supply of casual labour for work on the,...
50. asked the Minister of Agriculture how much agricultural land, distinguishing arable from pasture, has been drained under the grants scheme since the War; what is the further acreage which it...
52. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, seeing that children's allowances are stopped in addition to marriage allowance when an airman refuses to live with his wife, through no fault on...
53. asked the President of the Board of Trade the tonnage and value of the 71 steamers constructed for British owners on the Continent during the past three years?
56. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, with a view to safeguarding the interests of British nationals in the Anglo-German Mixed Arbitral Tribunals in Berlin and London and seeing...
57. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the National Organisation of the Insurance Clerical Staffs has approached the insurance companies requesting that a committee of inquiry be...
62. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that while the sailing yacht "Noresca" was in the Channel ea6t of Dover on Saturday last she was struck by several bullets which...
63. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that a large number of British subjects, including a considerable proportion of ex-service men and their...
64. asked the Secretary of State or Foreign Affairs whether any reply his been sent to the request of the United States Government that diplomatic immunities should be granted to investigators...
68. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps are being taken to protect British missionaries and their families in China; and has his attention been called to the recent...
66. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any request for compensation for Chinese killed and wounded was included in the demands presented by the Peking Government; whether he...
69. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can now make a statement on the subject of marriage allowances for naval officers?
70. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the approximate difference in the cost of the Navy Estimates provided in 1914 and 1925, exclusive of the air arm, after allowance has been made...
2. asked the Home Secretary in how many cases his test investigations of alien hotel employés' papers in the last three years have revealed irregularities in the method of entering or...
60. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the increase of traffic on unclassified roads repairable by district councils, he will extend the principle of contributions hitherto...
65.(for asked the. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the town of Akaba has been recognised as Egyptian territory: and whether the principal Allied Powers have been consulted in reference...
Mr. MacDONALD: by Private Notice asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs who are to go to Geneva in September to attend the Assembly of the League of Nations as representatives of Great...
23.for asked the Minister of Health if he has any information showing that any of the Poor Law inspectors have interfered to prevent unfit tasks being given to casuals; and, if so, when, where...
35.for asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the practice adopted by some limited liability companies whereby their shareholders are given cards entitling them to purchase...
41.for asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the wife and children of an elector in the Bradford East Division, in returning recently from a short summer holiday spent in...
Commander WILLIAMS: 45.for asked the Prime Minister whether, in the interests of national economy, he will appoint a committee of business men from all parties in the House with full powers to...
55.for asked the President of the Board of Trade whether a decision has been made on the Report of the glove inquiry; and, if not, when a decision may be expected?
Mr. MacDONALD: Can the Prime Minister say what business is proposed to be taken to-morrow and next week?
[13th ALLOTTED DAY.]
Resolution reported,
Resolution reported. That it is expedient to make provision for contributions, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, towards the compensation payable by local authorities for the slaughter...
Motion made, and Question proposed,
Order for consideration of Lords Amendments read.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; read the Third time, and passed.
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