Mercher, 22 Gorffennaf 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Great Yarmouth Haven Bridge Bill [Lords] (King's Consent signified),
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to Lanarkshire County Council," presented by Sir JOHN GILMOUR: and ordered (under Section 7...
The following Member took and subscribed the Oath:
Copy ordered of Treasury List of Colonial Stocks in respect of which the provisions of the Act are, for the time being, complied with.—[Mr. Guinness.]
Return ordered, setting forth the following particulars in relation to the Colliery Accident Funds in Great Britain which have been raised prior to the 31st day of December, 1924, by public...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further information that could be-furnished to the House on the present position in China?
Mr. BECKETT: 7. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what grounds the Shanghai Municipal Council have stopped the electrical supply to Messrs. Nanyang Brothers' Tobacco Company and...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is able to make any announcement as to the policy of the Government in reference to a judicial inquiry into the Shanghai disorders...
Mr. BECKETT: 6. asked the Secretary of Stale for Foreign Affairs if he can now give any information as to the nature of the: divergence of views between the diplomatic representatives in Peking...
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can now give the full composition of the Advisory Committee on the Application of the Boxer Indemnity and when it...
2. asked the Secretary of State, for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the Soviet Government's proposal to offer to the French a concession of oil-bearing properties in...
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has considered the memorandum of the British Foreign Office of 29th May, 1923, in which it was stated that His Majesty's Government...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs and the British Ambassador have exchanged Notes relating to the agreement between the...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the circumstances attending the recent arrest of the steam trawler "Lowther," of Hull, in Icelandic...
Captain BENN: 8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the British Government of the day was a party to the decision to occupy Dusseldort, Ruhrort, and Duisburg; and, if so,...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the cost of the Residency in Cairo, including the officials, in 1913–14 and in 1925–26?
17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that about 90 men have received notice of dismissal from Pembroke Dockyard; and whether, in view of the present industrial...
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any decision has yet been reached in the matter of the payment of marriage allowance to officers in the Navy?
20. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is now examining into the possibilities of using the equipment and personnel of the dockyards for the making or repairing of products other...
22. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what will be the estimated total cost of each of the new cruisers of the "Kent" class now building, including the cost of armament, armour, ammunition...
23. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that the amendments directed by A.F.O. 757/1924 to be made to A.F.O. 3,349/1922 have converted the latter order solely into...
24. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, with refer- ence to the 12 naval establishments outside the United Kingdom at which only 600 odd workers are appointed from home and 13,000 are engaged...
26. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he can inform the House of the nature of the Admiralty reply to the requests from the lower deck put forward by last year's Welfare Conference?
27. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that the roller bearers for gun rammers of His Majesty's Ships "Rodney" and "Lord Nelson," which were manufactured in Sweden, have been...
29. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether pay records of officers or naval ratings which show an unclaimed credit balance are preserved for five years?
30. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will take steps to obtain the special treatment for naval attributable lunatic cases under the scheme of national health...
Captain BENN: 50. asked the Prime Minister if he can now state the Government s programme of naval construction?
25. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any profit and, if so, what, is accruing to the State from the salving of German warships sunk in Scapa Flow?
31. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the number of persons in receipt of unemployment benefit in the borough of Southwark on the last convenient date; and if the Unemployment...
35. asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of wire-men, linesmen, and fitters in the electrical trade who are unemployed, and the number receiving the unemployment benefits?
36. asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons in receipt of unemployment benefit on the latest available date; and the number of persons who had registered as unemployed and had been...
38. asked the Minister of Labour why work done on the roads for borough councils is not counted towards benefit, although both employers and employés have to pay their insurance...
39. asked the Minister of Labour on what percentage of unemploy- ment is the present staff of the Employment Exchanges fixed; and what extra staff is employed to deal with the present abnormal...
40. asked the Minister of Labour the number of men over 60 to whom uncovenanted benefit has been refused within the last six months on the ground that they have not proved they are fitted to do...
Mr. MORRISON: 42. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that when applications for extended benefit are rejected by the claims officer against the decision of the rota committee, Form...
51.for asked the Minister of Labour the number of men, women, and boys and girls, respectively, who have claimed extended benefit since November till the end of June, and the number of claims in...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the Tariff Advisory Board appointed at the end of 1923 made a Report; whether that Report was unanimous; and whether there is any objection to its publication?
Mr. FOOT MITCHELL: 47. asked the Prime Minister if he expects to be able, before the House adjourns and for the information of arable farmers, to state the agricultural policy of the Government?
48. asked the Prime Minister whether, in order to facilitate an open conference between the mine owners and miners, he will invite the former to withdraw the notice and proposals?
68. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will consider the need to inaugurate a system of grading coal based on the pit head price, in order to give consumers some protection against...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now make a statement as to the Government's proposals for dealing with electricity?
54. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether pay records of demobilised officers or air craftsmen showing a credit balance are preserved for five years?
55 and 57. asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) what is the estimated cost of the repairs to the R. 33; when will this airship be ready to continue here experimental flights; when will the...
59. asked the Under secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the Government will consider the loan of a percentage of space in or on...
60. asked the Minister of Health how many local authorities have presented petitions for charters of incorporation as municipal boroughs since 1919 to date, giving the name of each such local...
61. asked the Minister of Health when the Royal Commission on Local Government are expected to present their Report?
62. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the heavy death and tuberculosis rate among commercial clerks, owing to the insanitary, overcrowded, and badly-lighted condition of the...
63. asked the Minister of Health whether, seeing that the number of pre-War dependants' pensions has been reduced from 194,180 in 1923ߝ24 to 191,580 in 1925–26, and the number of...
64. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that in many countries scientific investigation is taking place regarding the most deadly forms of poison gas and other inventions...
66. asked the Secretary of State for War why his Department is issuing to artillery officers service stop watches which are stamped made in Switzerland; and whether he will carry out the...
67. asked. the Post master-General the total amount of money held by his Department at the end of June last representing the deposits paid by telephone subscribers?
70. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any steps have been taken to convene an international conference as to the pollution of the sea by the discharge of oil beyond territorial...
Mr. SAN DEMAN: 72. asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total amount of jute yarn and cloth imported into this country from the Continent for the years 1922, 1923, and 1924.
73. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the mani festo issued by the India Rubber Manufacturers' Association, protesting against the limitation of...
80. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been called to the statement made by the Minister for Lands in the New Zealand Parliament deploring the...
Mr. ERSKINE: 76. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the new motor regulations in Rhode Island, United States of America, whereby 35 miles an hour or get-off-the-road is a new...
74. asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total world tonnage of shipping under construction at 30th June last; and what were the totals of such tonnage to be fitted with...
77. asked the Minister of Pensions how many of the 191,580 pre-War dependants' pensions in issue are drawn by widows and widowers, respectively; and what has been the diminution in the number of...
79. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of parents' pre-War dependence pensions and parents' flat-rate pensions that are subject to transfer to the surviving parent and the number of...
81. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department who it is proposed should succeed Mr. Monck-Mason as vice-consul at Cetinje, Montenegro?
82. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that foreign growers export produce to consignees in England in large quantities, and that English growers often supply their customers direct...
83. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the desirability of a Select Committee being appointed to inquire into and to report upon the proposals put...
84. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give Returns showing the total amount Germany has paid in reparations to each of the Allies in money and kind to the end of June last?
86. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total staff of the Reparation Commission, etc., and the nationality of the various members employed?
88. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons other than ex-service men have been migrated under the Empire Settlement Act; what is the amount of money expended on the...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now able to state definitely whether reports from Marguerite Harrison, a self-confessed agent of the United States Military...
89.for asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the grave state of unemployment in the iron and steel industries in this country, he will endeavour to arrange for...
75.for asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to accidents which have arisen at level crossings in the district of Hull; whether he is satisfied that the...
by Private Notice asked the Home Secretary if he will state whether any, and, if so, what steps are being taken to recruit and swear in special constables in London on the ground that an...
by Private Notice asked the Minister of Labour whether he is taking any, and if so what steps, to bring together the parties in the threatened dispute in the woollen trade in Yorkshire?
May I ask the Prime Mini set r, with reference to the Bill which is to be presented to-day by the Minister of Agriculture in regard to merchandise marks, whether it is proposed to proceed with it...
May I draw your attention, Mr. Speaker, to the fact that this House is very stuffy, and that there is scarcely a window in it open?
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...
Sir Robert Sanders reported from Standing Committee D, to whom the Unemployment insurance Bill was referred, That, having called the attention of the Committee, on Monday 20th July, to the...
"to amend the Law with respect to Customs in the Isle of Man," presented by Mr. GUINNESS; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 236.]
"to amend the Merchandise Marks Acts, 1887 to 1911, in respect of imported agricultural produce," presented by Mr. EDWARD WOOD; supported by Colonel Sir John Gilmour; to be read a Second time...
Leek Urban District Council Water Bill [Lords],
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed [21st July] on consideration of Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory-Pensions Bill, as amended, in Committee and on re-committal.
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