Mawrth, 7 Rhagfyr 1926
The House met at Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, relating to the Glasgow Goldsmiths Company," presented by Sir JOHN GILMOUR; and ordered (under...
I beg to ask leave to present a petition from 43 branches of the National Citizens' Union in various parts of the country. The petition contains 10,321 signatures, and the petitioners ask that...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade what action has been taken by his Department with a view to the effective organisation for producing and distributing Empire films?
2 and 3. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he has yet decided to take any action as a result of the Joint Committee of Inquiry which was set up to consider foreign competition...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can now state when the whole or any part of the Report on the Census of Production is likely to be published?
Mr. ROBINSON: 9. asked the President of the Board of Trade the names of the cotton-growing companies that have received assistance from the State; where they are situated and the amount of...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of our exports to the overseas Empire and their proportion to the total export trade of the country, and the value of our imports from our...
11. asked the President of the Beard of Trade if he is aware of the action of two firms of tugowners plying on the River Mersey, the Alexander and the Screw Towing Companies, whereby on alternate...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, with regard to the private and confidential documents which are issued by him to members of committees of inquiry, acting under the...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is within the scope of the Food Council to consider the prices now being charged for coal?
31. asked the Secretary for Mines if the restrictions on the export of coal from the Humber ports will now be removed; and, if not, will he state the reasons why this cannot be done?
32. asked the Secretary for Mines the output of coal in Great Britain for each of the last six weeks and the comparative figures for the six weeks in 1925?
34. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that laden coal trains are standing in sidings until present supplies of high-priced coal have been disposed of, with the result that coal is...
35. asked the Secretary for Mines the approximate number of miners who have returned to work on an eight-hours, seven-and-a-half hours, and a seven-hours day, respectively?
36. asked the Secretary for Mines if he can give an estimate of the number of mine workers who are likely to be thrown out of employment as a result of the application of The Coal Mines Act,...
15. asked the Secretary of State for War why over-looker Captain F. J. Clarke was recalled from Hereford to Woolwich on the 20th May, 1926, and informed that his employment at Woolwich depended...
16. asked the Secretary of State for War whether Regulation 80 of the Rules and Regulations of the Ordnance Factories precludes a workman from making an application as to wages through a trade...
17. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is able to inform the House of the estimated cost of adapting Brancepeth Castle, Durham for use as a barracks?
19. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the attitude of the Government towards the proposal for the appointment of a special Commission to reduce the cost of the War Office?
21. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether and, if so, when it is proposed to proceed with the Sheriff Courts and Legal Officers (Scotland) Bill?
22. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that several months ago the Peebles Town Council adopted a by-law (Clause 9b) making humane slaughter compulsory in Peebles; that such...
Colonel CROOKSHANK: 23. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the scheme submitted by the education authority of East Lothian for an increase of the School accommodation at Ormiston...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, before the estate of Eriboll was sold, offers were made to the existing holders on the estate to purchase their holdings; and what steps he...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number of insured women referred by approved societies to the district medical officers between 1st July and 31st October, 1925,...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, seeing that the Board of Agriculture for Scotland own parks and lands in the neighbourhood of Conon Lodge, which are now occupied by local...
30. asked the Lord Advocate if he is aware of the case which was tried in Edinburgh Sheriff Court on 3rd November where two sons of miners were charged with theft of coal, found guilty, and...
37. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the state of the surface of the new Sutton by-pass road; and what action he is prepared to take?
38. asked the Minister of Transport how many towns have changed or are changing over their service of tramways with metal lines either to a trackless trofley system or to a motor omnibus system...
39. asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the overcrowding of trains on the Underground railways, particularly on the Underground tube and the Clapham to...
40. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consult with local authorities on the question of taking over privately-owned toll-bridges in their districts, in view of the heavy charge...
43. asked the Minister of Transport if he will state the cases in each of the last five years in which the Board of Trade or the Minister have exercised their powers under Section 7 of the...
44. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that further evidence has been given since the first report issued by his inspecting officer on the St. Margaret's, Edinburgh, railway disaster;...
50. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has examined the recent Reports of the London Traffic Advisory Committee, and particularly the recommendation that the London Electric Railway...
Mr. EVERARO: 45. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider, before the next. Budget, the advisability of extending the relief of motor-licence duties to cars manufactured at...
46. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer were the currency note issue and the Bank of England note issue combined, what the total note issue would be; what would be the gold and silver holdings...
47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if any rebate or allowance is made by the Treasury to the Government of the Irish Free State for collecting the payments due to the Exchequer under the...
48. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the circuit allowances and expenses of the Judges of the King's Bench Division, Commissioners of Assize, and their...
51. asked the Postmaster-General what action has been taken by his Department with a view to apprising telephone subscribers of unanswered calls?
Sir WILLIAM REFIRING: 52. asked the Postmaster-General the number of registered and other postal packages lost in transit containing valuables and money orders during the period of nine months...
53. asked the Postmaster-General the terms and date of the pledge given to the temporary women clerks in the Post Office, Savings Bank Department, Blythe Road, West Kensington, whereby they are...
35. asked the Postmaster-General the amount of revenue derived from the advertisements of the dairy company appearing on the backs of old age pension books; what is the system of tendering for...
57. asked the Postmaster-General whether any arrangements are in hand for the erection of beam stations in other parts of the British Empire following that now being completed for communication...
60. asked the Postmaster-General the number of parcels posted cash-on-delivery during the first six months' working of the cash-on-delivery system; whether this figure is in excess of the...
61. asked the Postmaster-General whether warnings to the public issued by Scotland Yard in respect of such practices as the luring away by thieves of house occupants deluded by bogus messages...
62. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is now prepared to reconsider the operation of the seven years' limit on claims for pensions in respect of disabilities resulting from war service?
63. asked the Minister of Pensions how many patients at the Saltash Pensions Hospital have discharged themselves during the last 12 months; and if he has made inquiry into the food and general...
64. asked the Minister of Pensions the total number of persons in receipt of pensions on 30th November, 1926, as compared with the corresponding date in 1925?
65 and 60. asked the Minister of Pensions (1) how many cases of final award have been reviewed under the error procedure arrangements; in how many of these cases has the Medical Board agreed that...
Mr. ROBINSON: 68. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will issue regulations that a war widow shall not be deprived of her pension except on the same conditions as prevail in the case of widows...
69. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider an extension or alteration of the scheme governing grants from the Voluntary fund at his disposal so as to admit applications for...
71. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the costs charged for the compulsory redemption of tithe rentcharge; and whether he will secure that, in the...
72. asked the Minister of Agriculture the area of land acquired by county councils under the Smallholdings Act, 1892: and the number of smallholdings established under that Act down to the end of...
73. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has now disposed of the Patrington estate; if so, will he state the terms upon which the estate has been disposed of; whether any provision has...
74. asked the Attorney-General whether nominations are received from organisations or from individuals for election to the Lord Lieutenants' Advisory Committee for the appointment of magistrates?
75. asked the Attorney-General the number of Indian appeals that have been heard by the Judicial Committee during the last six months; the Judges who have heard the appeals; and the number still...
76. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, seeing that the Order in Council of 1925, which gave elective representation to Sierra Leone and Nigeria, conferred a more restrictive...
May I ask you a question, Mr. Speaker, on a point of procedure?
Motion made, and Question put, That the proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of time Standing Order (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Licensing Act, 1921, in so far as it enables State management of certain districts in Scotland to be continued by the Secretary...
I beg to move, That leave be given to introduce a Bill to compel the publication by all political parties, organisations and associations of income and expenditure duly certified and audited by...
"to compel the publication by all political parties, organisations and associations of income and expenditure duly certified and audited by chartered or incorporated accountants," presented...
I beg to move, That, leave be given to introduce a Bill to confer powers on the Imperial War Graves Commission with respect to the erection of a memorial to the officers and men of the Mercantile...
"to confer powers on the Imperial War Graves Commission with respect to the erection of a Memorial to the officers and men of the Mercantile Marine who perished in the late War," presented...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee C.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second reading, read.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
Amendments made: In page 16, line 7, leave out the word "and" and insert instead thereof the word "or."
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 2, to leave out the word "England" and insert instead there of the word "India." After the interesting discussion in which the House has just been engaged, I fear...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Bill reported, without Amendment: read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered; read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
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