Llun, 3 Awst 1925
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Blackpool Improvement Bill [Lords],
I beg to move, in line 2, to leave out the words "expenditure for," and to insert instead thereof the words "expense of." These Amendments to the Standing Order look very formidable, but in fact...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware of the fact that representations have been made to the Bombay Government asking that endeavours shall be made to stop attempts...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what is the present position of affairs at the Bombay cotton mills; what is the present wage of the mill workers, men and women; whether the Bombay...
5. asked the Undersecretary of State for India how many officers of certain Indian Civil Services have availed themselves of the permission to retire prematurely on proportionate pensions under...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India why, seeing that since 1815 the importation through British India into Nepal of arms, ammunition, machinery, warlike material, and stores has not...
Mr. ROY WILSON: 6. asked the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs whether he is prepared to recommend that assistance from the Treasury be given in the matter of loans for railway expansion in...
7. asked the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs whether he is aware that the average price of rubber for 27 out of the 30 months that the Stevenson scheme has been in operation was under Is....
8. asked the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs if ho can arrange to publish a memorandum describing briefly the form of government in each Crown Colony, Protectorate, and Mandated Territory?
9. asked the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs whether he is prepared to instruct the Governor of Malta that Bills altering the Constitution and not passed in each House by a majority of...
12. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he has received an intimation from the New South Wales Government that it has decided to terminate the arrangement for the settlement...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs if he will recommend to the British Dominions and Commonwealths overseas the adoption by all their manufacturers of a trade mark either for...
Mr. SANDEMAN ALLEN: 15. asked the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs whether he has received from the Association of British Chambers of Commerce and other commercial bodies resolutions...
16. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department what was the average price of American cotton for the periods 1904–14 and 1914–24, and what is its price to-day?
20. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether representations have been received from the French League for the Protection of Horses calling attention to the results to which the traffic of...
25. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Sheffield Corporation is relaying the tramway lines in Attercliffe; that a number of men who have applied at the Attercliffe Exchange...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any replies to his representations of the 5th, 7th, and 20th March and the 15th May to the Royal Danish Government...
28. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider the advisability of modifying any foreign treaties which impede adherence to the practice of other countries and of...
29. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any portion of the former Colony of Wei-Hai-Wei is in British possession; whether any British naval establishments remain there; and...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the allegations of ill-treatment made by a probationer nurse lately in the employment of the West Middlesex Hospital,...
32. asked the Minister of Health what change of practice, if any, has taken place or is contemplated in regard to the certificates for optical benefit; whether, upon the obtaining of such...
34. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of officers, seamen, boys, Royal marines, and other persons who will be discharged as a result of the saving of £150,000 as shown in the...
35. asked the First, Lord of the Admiralty if he calls for proof in every case of the placing of an order for a ship in a private shipbuilding yard that the firm at the placing of such order is...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether a married officer in the Air Force who is separated from his family, owing to the exigencies of the Service, obtains separate allowance for his...
42. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is prepared to use his influence to diminish the activities of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes in competition with normal trade in the...
Captain CROOKSHANK: 47. asked the Prime Minister if he can make any statement regarding the Irish Boundary Commission before the Recess?
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the British Government has agreed to allow France the right to cross the demilitarised zone at her own discretion in the event of a Polish-German conflict?
49. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the addendum to paragraph 14 of the Report of the Court of Inquiry concerning the Coal Mining Industry Dispute, 1935 (Cmd....
21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether, in view of the fact that the tiles of the paving in the Members' Lobby,...
37. asked the President of the Board of Trade if any ex-enemy ships have been sold at an average price of £l per ton; and, if so, how many ships have been sold at that rate and the tonnage?
50. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider the extension of the provisions of the Lead Paints (Protection against Poisoning) Bill so as to give protection...
55. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the occurrence within the near neighbourhood of Truro of three fatal motor accidents within 10 days, and others within...
Will the Prime Minister tell us what is the business to be taken on Wednesday; and also the date on which the House is going to adjourn, and when it will be expected to resume after the Summer Recess?
Reported, with Amendments: Reports to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
That they have agreed to,
Lords Amendments to be considered To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 251.]
19th ALLOTTED DAY.]
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £143,803, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £35,615, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £385,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £3,127,805, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding £1,976,885, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £1,565,386 be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,520,754, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £4,990,331, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £5,390,432, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,364,288 be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £4,500,440, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £60,085,172, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £21,001,972, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum, not exceeding £350,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £916,000 (including a Supplementary sum of £170,000), be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course...
"That a sum, not exceeding £5,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £306,620, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £5, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
"That a sum, not exceeding £598, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
"That a sum, not exceeding £33,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £80,000, be granted to His Majesty to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1926, for Grants in...
"That a sum, not exceeding £39,898,635, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
"That a sum not exceeding £38,361,900 (including a Supplementary sum of £100), be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
"That a sum, not exceeding £27,500,100, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necesseary to defray the Charges for Army Services, including Army (Ordnance Factories), which will...
"That a sum, not exceeding £2,420,010, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1926, for...
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty praying that the National Health Insurance (Medical Benefit) Amendment Regulations (No. 2), 1925, which was presented to...
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