Llun, 27 Gorffennaf 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Bedwellty Urban District Council Bill,
As amended, considered:
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the appeal made by Mr. Ghandi to the Government of India on the occasion of the death of Mr. C. R. Das, in...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India when the Public Services Commission, recommended by the Lee Commission, to consider the grievances of those services, will be constituted?
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether a decision has yet been reached on the memorials from officers of the Indian Service of Engineers serving in the buildings and roads branch...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware of cases in which European employés of the Government of India have been superseded by Indians without adequate reason and...
8. asked the Undersecretary of State for India whether any instructions have been issued to the Commander-in-Chief in India in consequence of the Chinese crisis; and, if so, what is the nature of...
9. asked the Undersecretary of State for India whether he is aware that torture is practised in the Multan Gaol, situated in the Panjaub, the torture consisted of ear holding, shoe heating,...
Lieut.-Colonel WATTS-MORGAN: 4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the Indian Auxiliary Force, which is strictly confined to the European community, and the Indian Territorial...
10. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Ordinance brought into force in Hong Kong to permit the flogging of strikers is permanent or temporary; if the latter, for how long...
11. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he expects to be in a position to publish particulars regarding forced labour in Kenya Colony?
14. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of grants of land originally made under the soldier settlers' scheme in Kenya Colony, and the number of the original grantees now...
12. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Federated Malay States Government have permitted the release of 5,000 tons of non-coupon rubber, held by Chinese...
13. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received information that the Malta Trade Unions (Constitution) Act was not passed in the Assembly by the majority of two-thirds...
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the amount of direct taxation paid by the white population in Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Tanganyika, Kenya, and Uganda?
18. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that Dr. N. K. Lanitis, advocate, of Limassol, Cyprus, has been refused by the British Government in Cyprus a certificate of...
19. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of bales of cotton produced within the Empire in the years 1913, 1922, 1923, and 1924, respectively, and the estimate for the current year?
20. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the South African Minister of the Interior has introduced in the House of Assembly at Cape Town a Bill aiming at a very considerable reduction...
21. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Government is prepared to alienate for settlement land in the southern highland region of Tanganyika: will he state the conditions and the...
23. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the value of the exports from the United States of America and from this country to Soviet Russia during 1924; and the...
38. 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...
Mr. ERSKINE: 40. asked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the claim for compensation of Mr. Joseph Martin, now blind as a result of his wrongful imprisonment by the Russian...
22. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is acting on behalf of the usual authorities for the enforcement at the British Empire Exhibition of the...
26. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether a decision has yet been arrived at with regard to an extension of the Agricultural Credits Act, 1923, to buyers of agricultural land who have...
69. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the grant to British barley-growers of the same privilege as is given to British hop-growers; and whether he will now consider the...
25. (for Mr. T. WILLIAMS) asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that six agricultural labourers who were employed by a farmer at Temple Bruer, near Lincoln, have been dismissed and...
27. asked the Undersecretary of State for the Home Depart- ment, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, the reasons which induced the First Commissioner in November last to enter into a...
28. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, if he can give particulars as to the ownership of the buildings now standing...
29. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the- Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the Epstein bas-relief which has been erected in the bird sanctuary in...
30. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that the space allotted in the Imperial War Museum is...
31. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, what is the intention in regard to the use to be made of the Geological Museum in...
32. asked the Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he is aware that Warwick Priory, a fine Elizabethan house with a later wing...
33. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that the independent commission appointed by the League of Nations to investigate the Turkish-Iraq question returned with...
35. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has made any representations to the Icelandic authorities with regard to their treatment of British fishermen since he assumed...
37. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received a note from the United States Government relative to the proposed appointment of a commission to inquire into the...
44. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if any representations have been received from the Government of Afghanistan regarding the construction of the railway through the Khyber...
42. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that the British Vice-Consul in Montenegro is being transferred, he is in a position to give the name of his successor?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he will take steps to call an international conference to deal with the necessity of preventing the discharge of waste oil on the sea, which is causing...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will make it a condition in future for holding the office of Governor or Viceroy of territory in the British Empire not to hold directorates in limited...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, with a view to increasing the time available to Members for debate, he will consider the advisability of recommending a Standing Order of the House whereby...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Meston Committee, appointed as far back as 1921 to deal with percentage grants, has not yet considered its Report; and, seeing how close...
49. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to a recently published book on export credits and credit insurance; and if he will include within the terms of the newly appointed...
50. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has prepared a scheme to stabilise pensions; and, if so, when he proposes to make an announcement to the House?
51. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the question of the unsuitability of the present Employment Exchange at Victoria Street, Bristol, was raised at the meeting of the main...
52. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the pressure under which the staffs of the Employment Exchanges have been working for many months past, he can make arrangements for some...
53. asked the Minister of Labour the number of women at present registered as unemployed who have been offered but have refused employment as domestic servants, and have subsequently drawn...
54. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the total cost of the Government dockyards in 1913–14 and the estimated cost in 1925–26?
55. asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of ranks and ratings in the Royal Air Force Depot at Uxbridge?
57. asked the Minister of Health what official expert investigation into the effect of mental deficiency upon the national life is now in progress; who are investigators; and when may their...
59. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of his appeal to the public to buy British goods, he will consider introducing a Regulation that all British-made goods must be so...
60. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware that a teacher whose qualifications when employed in a State-aided secondary school entitled him to be paid on the full...
61. asked the Secretary of State for War why the annual leave with pay which is granted to men viewers in the stores and clothing inspection department is withheld from women viewers; and whether...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 62. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, seeing that commercial travellers are entitled to be placed on the absent voters' list under certain...
63. asked the Home Secretary whether he intends to take any further steps towards the introduction of an Adoption of Children Bill; and, if so, when?
64. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the treatment of British subjects at Ellis Island, he has considered, or will consider, the expediency of similarly treating subjects of the...
65. asked the Homo Secretary whether he is aware that certain Justices of the Peace in London have been requested from official quarters to state at what times it would be convenient for them to...
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what conditions Dominion securities are included in the Treasury list for trustee investments; and whether that part of the new Australian loan...
70. asked the Minister of Transport whether it is his intention to issue an Order prohibiting the use of restricted streets for advertising purposes by sandwich-men and others, and, if so, what...
Mr. BECKETT: 66. asked the Home Secretary if he has received a request for permission to stay in this country from Mr. Fiedler, of 34, Finn Street, Gates-head; if he is aware that this man was...
58. asked the Secretary for Mines if he is aware that in a large number of collieries the large coal only is paid for: whether this or the gross production is taken into account when apportioning...
Could the Prime Minister inform the House whether any change has been made in the business of Supply announced for this week?
I should like to ask a question, Mr. Speaker, in connection with the procedure of Standing Committees upstairs. Today a Bill called the Merchandise Marks Act, 1887–1911 (Amendment)...
"to deal with certain Expiring Laws by making some of them permanent, continuing some of them permanently, and continuing the remainder for a limited period," presented by Mr. GUINNESS; to be...
Estimate presented,—of the further Sum required for the Navy for the year ending 31st March, 1926 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed. [No. 150.]
Estimate presented,—of a further Sum required to be voted for Air Services for the year ending 31st March, 1926 [by Command]; Referred to the Committee of Supply, and to be printed [No. 151.]
[16TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £117,483 (including a Supplementary sum of £10), be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the...
Read the Third time, and passed.
Considered in Committee.
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of such sums, not exceeding in the whole thirty million pounds, as are required for the further...
"to provide for raising further money for the purpose of the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1924," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed....
I beg to move, That the Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under The Electricity (Supply)...
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 71A.
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