Mercher, 27 Gorffennaf 1927
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER, in the Chair.
County of London Electric Supply Company Bill,
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the recent disturbances in Vienna have resulted in loss of life or property to British subjects, either residents or tourists?
2. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the contemplated flotation of Treasury notes to the value of £7,500,000 by the Nanking Government,...
3. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any information from the British representatives at Shanghai to the effect that the Customs at Shanghai, under the...
5. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any claims have been lodged by consular and British officials whose property was lost or damaged in the Nanking outrage; if so, what is...
6. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the Government's attitude towards the proposed increases of the Chinese Customs...
10. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what information he has as to the present military and political situation in China?
4. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his Department is in touch with any foreign Government at the moment with regard to the elimination of the visa; and, if so, with which...
8. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the action of the Finnish Government in still refusing to hand over the title deeds of certain forest...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that one of the welfare committee's requests approved by the Admiralty allowed leave from a ship's home port, but that notwithstanding...
17. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the many instances of low wages which are now prevalent in the catering trade; and if he is prepared to conduct an inquiry into this trade with...
18. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that G. J. Lippitt, checkweigher, Oak Leigh, Aberbeeg, Mon., William John Waters, check-weigher, Commercial Road, Llanhilleth, Mon., and James...
19. asked the Minister of Labour if he can state when it is proposed to proceed with the building of the new Employment Exchange for Central Glasgow?
20. asked the Minister of Labour the total number of persons registered as unemployed throughout the country who are normally engaged as shipbuilding workers and the total number for the same...
25. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the workers engaged in two jute mills in Dundee ceased work on 22nd July, to resume on 2nd August; that these workers having drawn...
May I ask the Leader of the House if it is the intention of the Government that the Unemployment Insurance Bill, which is now going to be introduced, will be printed at an early date?
22. asked the Minister of Labour whether he has satisfied himself, on investigation, as to whether the law on the basis of which other Governments have ratified the Hours Convention is or is not...
26. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many high-speed machines of the Supermarine-Napier and Gloster-Napier types are being built; how many, including reserves, are to be sent to Venice...
27. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that an ex-service man employed as a technical officer in the Works and Buildings Department, and selected for establishment by the...
29. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how often the Governor-General and the lieutenant-governors of provinces have had recourse to the power of certification daring the last three years?
30. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what offices and establishments of the Government of India will be removed from Simla and permanently located in Delhi; and when?
28 asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many persons sentenced to imprisonment in the Punjab during the past 12 years charged with offences connected with the. Conspiracy Acts or for...
31. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the recent collapse of a house in Beak Street, Regent Street, his attention has been drawn to the state of the law in regard to dangerous...
32. asked the Minister of Health what is the latest available figure for houses built in the county of Berkshire, excluding the borough of Reading, for the last 12 months, indicating the number...
35. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received any reply from the London County Council and the Tottenham Urban District Council as to their willingness to submit to the arbitration of...
33. asked the Minister of Health whether he will empower local authorities to expend money raised for the maintenance or the improvement of roads within their areas for the purpose of making...
36. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has now received the Report from the London Traffic Advisory Committee for dealing with the problem of travelling facilities in North and East...
37. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take steps to empower local authorities to prohibit motor vehicles from using tracks and bridle paths across down country, seeing that if motor...
38. asked the Minister of Transport if his attention has been drawn to a resolution passed by the London County Council, on 29th March, 1927, to the effect that His Majesty's Government be...
39. asked the hon. Member for Monmouth-shire, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, the policy of the Commissioners with regard to the management of the New Forest?
40. asked the Postmaster-General how many meetings of the advisory committee of the Post Office have been held during his tenure of office; upon what date the last meeting took place; and whether...
41. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that mails are sent to Stornoway from the mainland every week night, he will take steps during the recess to see that such mails are...
42. asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the large number of appointments allotted to ex-service men employed in a temporary capacity, if he is prepared to offer appointments in the clerical...
Dr. VERNON DAVIES: 43. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give up to the latest available date the number of applications for safeguarding, the number granted, the number...
44. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many foreign firms have started, or have made arrangements to start, new factories in this country for the manufacture of motor tyres since the...
59. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the oil purchased by the Shell Transport and Trading Company, Limited, from, the Soviet Government at the request of His Majesty's...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether an amending Bill for Health Insurance is in preparation; if so, whether fishermen are to be included in it; and if it will apply to Scotland?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that dissatisfaction is felt amongst Irish loyalists at the inadequateness of the awards made by the Irish Grants Committee in the few cases in...
47. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that on 8th July 14 horses were booked to be shipped from the island of Tiree to Oban per steamship "Cygnet" on 12th instant,...
48. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will bear in mind, in his negotiations for the new fast Stornoway mail steamer, the need for proper accommodation for the large numbers of...
49. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the recent prosecution under the Shops Act, 1912, of Robert Lindsay and five other jewellers in Oban; is he...
50. asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the infantile mortality rate for the Mile End,. Whitevale, and Dennistoun wards in the Camlachie Parliamentary Division for the quarters ended in...
54. asked the Home Secretary whether he has had his attention drawn to the death of a woman weaver in an Arbroath factory; is he aware that this woman was 62 years of age and was engaged, along...
51. asked the Secretary for Mines what is the percentage increase in colliery workers' average earnings per shift over those of July, 1914; how this percentage compares with the increase in the...
52. asked the secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the case of F. Hughes, Mount Pleasant, Askern, near Doncaster, who met with an accident at the...
53. asked the Home Secretary the cost per head per week of the upkeep of boys and girls in industrial and reformatory schools in the years 1918 and 1926, respectively?
55. asked the Home Secretary whether he has in any other recent cases besides that of Liverpool given an intimation that a lord mayor is not entitled to the designation The Right Honourable?
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, with regard to the forthcoming open competitive examination for the admission of girls and boys to the general and departmental clerical classes...
60. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he has appointed a committee to inquire into the advisability of establishing municipal savings banks; and, if so, whether an early...
61. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it is intended to make any grant for the alleviation of suffering and damage by the earthquake in Palestine?
63. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in connection with the assault on a native reported recently by Archdeacon Owen, he will consider favourably the printing of information...
64. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Workmen's Compensation Acts are not in force in British Guiana; and whether, in view of the fact that a recent...
34. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received complaints as to the shortage of water supplies in the area of the Blackwell Rural Council of Derbyshire; whether an inspector from his...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any statement can be made to-day on the subject of the dis-cussions at Geneva on naval policy?
9. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as representing the Prime Minister, whether his attention has been called to the speech of the Attorney-General at Emsworth on 22nd July last,...
11. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give in a tabular statement the number of battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, torpedo-boats, minelayers, and aircraft carriers...
"to amend the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1926," presented by Sir ARTHUR STEEL-MAITLAND; supported by Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. McNeill, Mr. Betterton, and the Solicitor-General; to be read a...
"to continue certain expiring laws," presented by Mr. McNEILL; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday, 8th November,, and to be printed. [Bill 191.]
Ministry of Health Provisional Orders
That they have agreed to,
Third Report from the Select Committee brought up, and read; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday, 8th November, and to be printed. [Bill 195.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday, 8th November, and to be printed. [Bill 193.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Tuesday, 8th November, and to be printed. [Bill 194.]
[20TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
1."That a sum, not exceeding £7,303,564, 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...
5. "That a sum, not exceeding £28,307,020, 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...
6. "That a sum, not exceeding £1,117,513, 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...
7. "That a sum, not exceeding £4,886,621, 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...
8. "That a sum, not exceeding £5,789,826, 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...
9. "That a sum, not exceeding —5,304,103, 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...
10. "That a sum, not exceeding £37,340,354, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will some in course of payment during the year ending on the...
11. "That a sum, not exceeding £6,967,904, 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...
12. "That a sum, not exceeding £2,553,932, 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...
13. "That a sum, not exceeding £39,566,510, 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...
14. "That a sum, not exceeding £314,295, 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...
15. "That a sum, not exceeding £43400,220, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which wilt come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
16. "That a sum, not exceeding £37,116,110, 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, 1928, for...
17. "That a sum, not exceeding £21,441,100, 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, 1928, for...
18. "That a sum, not exceeding £2,701,000, 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, 1928, for...
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
Order read for consideration of Lords Amendments.
I beg to move, as a consequential Amendment to the Lords Amendment, in Sub-section (1, a), after the word "of," to insert the words "the last preceding Section of." It was thought that this new...
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Amendment proposed on consideration of First Resolution.
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class IV of the Civil Estimates.
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class V of the Civil Estimates.
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class VII of the Civil Estimates.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IX of the Civil Estimates.
Question put, That, this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution
Question put, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Revenue Departments Estimates.
Resolution reported, That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1928, the sum of £252,231,958 be granted out of...
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, and to appropriate the Supplies...
Order read for consideration of Lords Amendment.
Resolved, That the Special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners under the Electricity (Supply) Acts, 1882 to 1926, and confirmed by the Minister of Transport under the Electricity (Supply)...
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