Mercher, 8 Rhagfyr 1926
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Order for Consideration Read.
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether China, Peru and Bofivia have now paid their arrears of contributions due to the League of Nations; and, if not, whether these States...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will enumerate the treaties, pacts, and agreements made between European nations since 1919 and deposited at Geneva in accordance with...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether all replies by mandatory Powers concerning the list of questions on B and C mandates prepared by the Permanent Mandates Commission have...
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of British nationals residing in China, but exclusive of Hong Kong?
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government has received a note of protest from the Canton Government against the arrest of certain members of the...
Mr. W. FOOT MITCHELL: 10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total amount of British capital loaned to China and secured on Chinese revenues administered by the Imperial Martime...
Mr. W. F. MITCHELL: 12. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Powers signatory of the Washington Convention have recently discussed the maintenance of the existing Imperial...
11. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, with regard to Legislative Ordinance No. 52 of Ruanda-Urundi (which is mandated territory under the League of Nations) conferring...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now state upon what terms he would be. prepared to enter into negotiations for a settlement of all outstanding questions...
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty on what principles the sum of £8,229 14s. 1d., subscribed for the dependants of those who lost their lives in the submarine disaster of the Ml, 12th...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what use so far has been made of the sum of £250,000 subscribed by Hong Kong towards the cost of the Singapore base?
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what sums have been subscribed on behalf of dependants in respect of each of the naval disasters since the War; and on what principles these sums have...
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of officers and men employed by the Admiralty in the yard craft service in October, 1925, and October, 1926?
19. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the terms and conditions at present in force in respect to the payment of gratuity to skippers of the Royal Naval Reserve?
21. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that the film entitled "Falkland." in which the Admiralty is financially interested, has been booked by the producers before the film has...
22. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can state the number of British aircraft carriers and number of naval aeroplanes and seaplanes stationed in Chinese waters?
25. asked the Minister of Labour the number of applications made to the Employment Exchanges during October and November by employers in need of workpeople?
26. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can enumerate the schemes for the provision of work for the unemployed initiated by the various Ministries during the present year; the total...
27. asked the Minister of Labour the total number of young persons between the ages of 14 and lb on the registers of Employment Exchanges and juvenile Bureaux on 3rd November, 1926; and how do...
33. asked the Minister of Labour if lie is aware that Mr. Sydney Bask, of 15, Penygraig Terrace, Aberbeeg, Monmouthshire, was discharged from the Llanhilleth colliery; that his claim for...
38. asked the Minister of Labour how many mine workers have presented themselves for registration at Unemployment Exchanges since Monday, 29th November?
28. asked the Minister of Labour (1) if he has any information to show what arc the hours of the normal week recognised for the shipbuilding trade in Belgium, France, and Germany; (2) if he has...
I. Belgium
30. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the total number of intending overseas settlers who have been in residence at Borham House, Claydon, Ipswich, since its inception; and what...
31. asked the Minister of Labour whether he expects to arrange at an early date for an inquiry into the cost of living with a view to the establishment of a new basis for the calculation of the...
Mr. WILLIAMS: 32. also asked the Minister of Labour whether, in connection with the inquiry into earnings and hours of labour, it is intended to compile and publish any estimates as to the...
34. asked the Minister of Labour whether, seeing that the conference of Labour Ministers of Beltun, France, Germany, Italy, and Great. Britain called to discuss the ratification of the Washington...
37. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the imminence of a dispute of the employés of two tugboat companies in the port of Liverpool, who have imposed a reduction of wages without...
39. asked the Secretary of State for Air if the £60,000 appearing in the 1925 Air Estimates, or any part of that sum, has been paid to the Airship Guarantee Company and, if so, on what date?
Commander WILLIAMS: 35. asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of trades unionists in the Torquay Division who have been fined by their unions for working during the general strike; and...
40. asked the Secretary of State for Air the sum or sums of money paid by the Aircraft Disposals Company, Limited, in respect of the surplus aero-planes, engines, spares, etc., and warlike stores...
41. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will have inquiries made into the threat to Sir Alan Cobham by certain oil companies that if he availed himself of the use of petrol supplied...
44. asked the Attorney-General boy, many of the cases set down for trial prior to 1st January. 1926, have been heard, and how many have been settled out of Court?
45. asked the Prime Minister whet her, in view of cases where persons entitled to a vote refrain from voting at municipal and Parliamentary elections, he is prepared to consider some form of...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received the report submitted to him of a discussion and Resolution passed by a large body of working men in Sheffield, many of them unemployed,...
40. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the outbreak of infantile paralysis in this country; if he is aware that in the United States of America, where the outbreak...
50. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that boards of guardians attribute the large increase of casual vagrants solely to unemployment; and, in view of the danger of these new...
51. asked the Minister of Health if he has received a Resolution from the Bootle Town Council protesting against the continual increases in the price of bricks and other building materials; and,...
52. asked the Minister of Transport how much money has been granted or loaned by the Ministry in respect of the widening of the London-Brighton road to a distance of approximately 10 miles north...
53. asked the Minister of Transport what steps he intends to take to bring about the common management and common fund of the passenger transport undertakings in London mentioned in the Reports...
54. asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the difficulty pedestrians have in remembering the direction of the traffic in one-way streets, he will consider having a series of small...
57. asked the Minister of Transport if he will appoint a Select. Committee to consider the freeing of all toll-bridges in Great Britain?
36. asked the Minister of Transport if he will consider the advisability of appointing a committee of inquiry into possible methods of preventing street accidents due to the increasing dangers of...
59. asked the Postmaster-General why letters to the House of Commons leaving Brighton at 9.15 a.m. are sometimes sent via Eastbourne; and why they occupy 48 hours for the journey?
60. asked the Post master-General whether he will take steps to minimise the inconvenience caused to trading concerns owing to the fact that letters posted by the night mail from Dublin, arriving...
61. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that the West Central district of London post office regularly fails to deliver by the first post to certain business addresses a substantial...
62. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that the temporary workers now being employed at the Bradford Post Office are only receiving the minimum rate of 1s. 1d. per hour; in view of the...
63. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the Report of the Food Council on the price of meat, he proposes to take any immediate action in the interests of the public, and...
64. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the 2,000 steel houses allowed for in Scotland under the special grant have been completed; how many are under construction; and how many...
65. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that, owing to the failure of the south fishing, great distress at present prevails among the fishing communities on the coast of...
66. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of applications for holdings or enlargements to holdings in the parish of Sleat which have been received by the Board of Agriculture since...
67. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has received any protest from the inhabitants of South Uist against the curtailment of the steamer service: and whether he is aware of the...
69. asked the Secretary for Mines whether be is aware that the embargo upon the export of coal from Durham is eausing serions concern to the colliery companies in that county, and that, unless it...
71. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that an organised body of American share-pushers is making preparations to enter this country via Canadian ports with the object of canvassing the...
72. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether any proceedings have yet been instituted against persons for failure to take out betting licences?
73. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will consider the issue of a Regulation to provide that only civil servants shall be permitted to serve on the staff side of the...
74. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered the recommendations of the Imperial Conference that there shall be the fullest practicable co-operation between the...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any negotiations have been concluded between the Rumanian and British Governments in regard to the compensation to be paid for the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he could make any statement regarding an amnesty for prisoners sentenced on charges arising out of conduct during the recent coal dispute?
Ordered, That the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills do examine the Mercantile Marine Memorial Bill with respect to compliance with the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee D.
I beg to move, That this House regrets the policy pursued by His Majesty's Government during the lock-out in the mining industry; declares that the Government is deserving of censure for its...
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1922, and con- firmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity...
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