Iau, 30 Gorffennaf 1925
The House, met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
I beg leave to present to this honourable House a National Petition signed by 824,105 of His Majesty's subjects. The Petition relates to what are usually known as the "Seven Years' Limit" and...
As amended, considered.
Amendment made: Leave out the Clause.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
Amendment made: Leave out the Clause.—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
As amended, considered:
Lieut.-Colonel DALRYMPLE WHITE: 1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is now in a position to announce the decision of the Government with regard to any further stabilisation of the rates...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in cases of appeal by a widow or orphan children of an ex-service man whose medical history discloses venereal disease, he will sanction the omission of...
Mr. HUDSON (for Mr. ROBINSON): 2. asked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of persons in receipt of other dependants' pensions under Article 22 of the Royal Warrant of 1922, and the...
4. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases there are at the present time of persons receiving compensation for lead poisoning in the pottery trade, the length of time...
5. asked the Home Secretary whether be is aware that a wage of 18s. per week is paid for the services of boots at the hotels under Government control in the Carlisle area; and whether he can do...
6. asked the Home Secretary whether he has any particulars showing the number and nationality of aliens landed in Great Britain during the years 1913 and 1924, respectively, and for the first six...
8. asked the Home Secretary the number of accidents which have occurred within the vicinity of the junction of Vassall Road and Elliott Road, Kennington, during the past six months and the number...
9. asked the Home Secretary whether the invitations to attend the International Prison Congress, to be held on 3rd August, have been issued by his Department; and whether any invitation has been...
10. asked the Home Secretary whether he has made further investigations into the existence of bogus night clubs in London and other large cities; whether he is satisfied with his present powers...
11. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the imposition of a 20s. fine by the Coroner of the West Surrey Court on the daughter of a man killed by lightning, for not...
12. asked the Home Secretary whether he has any statistics showing that dock labourers run special risks of disease by reason of handling foreign cargoes; and, if so, whether he will introduce...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir FREDERICK HALL: 13. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that a number of small omnibus proprietors were convicted on a charge of having plied for hire on a route other...
50. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the building erected in the middle of Rochester Row at its junction with Vauxhall Bridge Road which hinders the free...
51. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that agricultural and horticultural produce from the Continent is receiving from the London and North Eastern Railway and the train ferry...
49. asked the Minister of Transport whether his Department has ever had before it any proposition to build a bridge over the River Tamar; and what attitude the Ministry has adopted towards such...
14. asked the President of the Board of Education what decision has been arrived at with regard to the application from the Liverpool juvenile employment committee for the opening of a new centre...
47. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the unsuitable nature of the Employment Exchange premises at Salkeld Street, Glasgow; that these premises are an old grain store, with very...
48. asked the Minister of Labour how many jute weavers are signing on at the Dundee Employment Exchange as unemployed; and what proportion of these workers are being paid unemployment benefit?
15. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the evidence given at a Southwark inquest on the 15th July held on Arthur Passey, an unemployed labourer, of 35, St. Gabriel...
17. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the report of the medical officer of health for the Borough of Southwark states that the infant mortality rate has increased from 68 per 1,000...
20. asked the Minister of Health whether he can give returns showing how many authorities are building wooden houses; and whether he has received reports as to cost, type and suitability?
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 25. asked the Minister of Health how many houses are in course of construction under assisted housing schemes, in accordance with the terms of the Housing Acts of 1923 and...
21. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the case recently dealt with at Chesterfield Police Court, where a man and his wife were charged with neglecting their...
22. asked the Minister of Health what local authorities in Scotland and England now carry out veterinary inspection of dairy herds?
24. asked the Minister of Health whether the Local Government Board or the Ministry of Health have ever interfered to prevent any task unsuited to his age, strength, or capacity being given to a...
27. asked the Minister of Health what Amendments are proposed in the Draft Rules and Orders, Public Health, England (Preservatives, Etc., in Food) Regulations, 1925; and what arrangements will be...
28. asked the Minister of Health whether he is in a position yet to state the constitution of the proposed Committee to inquire into the question of the registration of nursing homes; and whether...
30. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a parcel of 39 bales of old cotton rags, consisting of cast-off men's and women's underwear, recently imported from Rotterdam...
31. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether during the War the Japanese submarines and cruisers which accompanied our troops and merchant vessels did so at the expense of the Japanese...
32. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what duties are discharged by the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, and Press Committee; who are the members of the Committee; what are the...
33. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if or when it is intended to appoint a Committee of inquiry to report on the question of applying the principle of equal pay for men and women in...
36. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that some Government Departments are still buying foreign-made goods; and whether he will insist that in future all Departments...
34. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether consent has been given to an advance or a guarantee of £365,000 to William Beardmore and Company, Limited, under the Trade...
35. asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether consent has been given to a British Government guarantee being granted under the Trade Facilities Act for £2,500,000 for the Blue Star Line,...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many cadets are in training at Cranwell and the total personnel at the college?
Mr. PETO: 40. also asked the Secretary of State for Air how many boys are under training at the technical school at Halton and the total personnel at the school?
41. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many fully qualified pilots and observers, respectively, are in the service of the Royal Air Force and stationed in Great Britain at the present time?
38. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether it is proposed to reduce the pay of reservists who may be called up for duty in future?
44. asked the Minister of Labour whether any effect has been given to the unanimous resolution of the Conference of the International Labour Organisation, Washington, 1919, that an advisory...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to give effect to the recommendation of the Imperial War Graves Commission, and to provide a contribution towards an...
54. asked the President of the Board of Trade the percentage of British exports to the Dominions, Colonies and foreign countries for the six months ending 30th June, 1925?
56. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that some of our manufacturers are buying Continental goods, stamping their own name on them, and then offering such goods for sale...
57. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the quantity of vulcanised fibre imported into Great Britain from the United States of America for the six months ending June last?
55. asked the President of the Board of Trade what emoluments, if any, are to be paid to the chairman and members of the Food Council?
Mr. ALEXANDER: 37. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can now give an up-to-date list of the decisions arrived at by the county committees established under the Agricultural Wages Act, 1924?
59. asked the Postmaster-General what is the estimated cost of each transaction in the Post Office savings bank as compared with the figure of 4¾d. stated by the Postmaster-General on 3rd...
65. asked the hon. Member for Monmouth, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, whether the purchase and afforestation of two estates in the neighbourhood of Oban is contemplated; whether he...
64. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that a young lad, William M'Arthur, Waterside, Kirkintilloch, has been sentenced at the Glasgow Sheriff Court to 60 days' imprisonment for...
63. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that Felix O'Byrne and Soumas O'Reilly, at present imprisoned in Peterhead Prison, went on hunger strike on the 28th June; that other...
71. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the treatment by the Columbian Government of the Columbian Northern Railway Company; and if he will...
72. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position with regard to the commercial treaties with our Allies which were in operation before the War; whether any of...
75. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that, shortly after the recent disturbances occurred in Peking, the Soviet envoy to the Chinese Government caused loopholes to...
76. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the British Embassy has opened offices in New York; and, if so, what is the total cost?
78. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if Sheer-ness and Chatham Dockyards are within long-range gun-fire from the Continent; and, if so, whether it is considered possible to work these...
61. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements, if any, have been made by the concessionnaire under the Ruthenberg concession to erect the Yarkon power house; if any pressure...
66. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he has received the Report of the investigation he has instituted into the conditions at Montagu colliery; and what action he is prepared to take in the...
73. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Dominions have been released from the obligations of the most-favoured-nation treaties to which they were parties, either in...
67. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any decisions have yet been reached on the Report of the Lawrence Committee and future of the corps of military accountants?
69. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that at the dockyard, Woolwich, pattern room, cutting pliers of Swedish make are offered as samples for tender; and will he see that none...
70. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India when the Government intends to carry out the recommendation of the Lee Commission to the effect that 20 per cent, of 50 per cent, of the...
18. asked the Minister of Health whether dependants' pensions payable or that may become payable under Articles 1102, 1103 and 1104 of the Royal Warrant for the Pay, Appointment, Promotion, and...
58. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to an advertisement, inserted in a London newspaper by a firm of registered moneylenders, appealing to...
60. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the British Broadcasting Company is able, after paying a dividend of 7½ per cent., to carry over nearly £80,000; whether he is...
I do not wish in the middle of the day's negotiations to ask the Government for a statement of the present position in regard to the mining dispute, but I would like to take this opportunity of...
Mr. MacDONALD: Will the right hon. Gentleman say what business the Government propose to take next week?
Reported, with Amendments, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
That they have agreed to— Ministry of Health Provisional Orders (No. 3) Bill,Lanarkshire County Council Order Confirmation Bill,647London and North Eastern Railway Order Confirmation...
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 248.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 249.]
Bexhill Corporation Bill [Lords].
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
I beg to move to leave out the Clause. 4.0 P.M. This Clause seeks to take away from the unemployed people of the country certain rights which were conferred upon them as statutory rights under...
I beg to move to leave out the Clause. I do so in order to put a question to the Minister. Some time after the present administration came into office I think the Minister of Labour was...
I beg to move to leave out the Clause. During the Second Reading Debate, when the Minister was making his apology for bringing in a Bill of such a wretched character, he twitted the Labour...
Captain BENN: I beg to move, in page 4, line 13, after the word "payable," to insert the words "by the employed contributor and." This proposes to amend paragraph (d) (3) of Clause 4, which...
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