Monday, 17 February 1919
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the chair.
Brentford Gas Bill and South Shields Gas Bill,
Copy ordered, "of Account of the Receipts and Payments of the Assistant Paymaster-General for Supreme Court business on behalf of the Admiralty Division in Prize for the year ended the 31st day...
Address for "Return of the various Government Departments and classes of public authorities who at present administer Health services, together with particulars, as far as possible, of the scope...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his Department has as yet allocated to the various local authorities their proportion of the advances that will be made to supply the house...
Lieutenant-Colonel HERBERT: 40. asked the first Commissioner of Works whether the Government proposes to compete with private enterprise in building, and to what extent?
50 asked the Prime Minister (1) whether the attention of the Government has been called to the numerous notices which have been served on tenants to give up possession of the houses they occupy...
57. asked whether the housing scheme referred to in the King's Speech will apply to Ireland?
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now set: his way to recommend the abolition of the 50 per cent. excess railway fares imposed during the War or any reduction thereof?
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state the date on which the Government proposals for the establishment of national superpower stations for the generation of...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will cake steps to see that when the Government timber, control is abolished the officials of the Timber Supply Department will respect the...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the tramway accident on East Hill, Dartford, on Wednesday, 5th February; and, if so, is he having an...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the congestion of passengers on suburban trains and the consequent discomfort to the workers travelling home after their day's work;...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the intention of the Railway Executive Committee to re-open any or all of the suburban railway stations in London and district during...
Major NEWMAN: 8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the danger to health caused by the inability of the public to obtain whisky other than in very small quantities...
Major NEWMAN: 9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the inconvenience and hardship caused to the middle classes by the restricted supply and profiteering prices...
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any priority or facilities have been given to any Manchester firms for exporting goods to Constantinople; if so, to how many firms or...
14. asked the President of the Board of Trade why the stocks of paper and boards in Government factories are being held up; and in view of the present high cost of these materials, will he...
15. asked the Secretary of State for India what measures are being taken to reduce the high rates of passage money now charged for berths on passenger steamers between India and England, in view...
16. asked the Secretary for India whether the recommendations of the Rowlatt Committee have yet been carried into effect by the Government of India; and, if not, what steps are being taken to...
17. asked the Secretary far India what steps are being taken by the Government of India for the repatriation of all Germans interned in India and the exclusion of Germans from India in the future?
18. asked the Secretary of State for India what advances in the rates of pay have been made to second-lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, majors, lieutenant-colonels, and colonels, in the Indian...
Sir J. D. REES: 20. asked the Secretary of State for India if he can give the House any information as to the notion the Government of India proposes to take upon the Report of the Holland...
Sir J. D. REES: 21. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the mill strike in Bombay has been brought to a satisfactory conclusion; and whether he has any information, to give the House...
Sir J. D. REES: 22. asked the Secretary of State for India whether Lord Morley's dispatch of 1909 expresses the present policy of His Majesty's Government and of the Government of India in regard...
Sir J. D. REES: 23. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can give the House any information as to the date on which the Bill dealing with reforms in Indian administration will be...
24. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the State of Albania is represented at the Peace Conference; and if so, by whom?
Mr. DOYLE: 54. asked the Prime Minister whether any question has been raised at the Peace Conference of not calling upon Germany or her associates to pay the Allied countries the cost of the war,...
Mr. KENNEDY JONES: 70. asked the Prime Minister whether, before the Peace Conference promulgates its conclusions as a whole, he can arrange for the publication of the Reports of the Commissions...
25. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if any arrangements have been male for the payment by the German Government of contributions to the cost of the Armies of the Allies and...
26. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether about 30 acres of land near Wych Cross, Sussex, has been cultvated by men of the Royal Field Artillery stationed in the...
27. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether the Government has yet been able to arrange for the importation of any kainit for agricultural purposes from the potash...
30. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he as aware that alarm exists among allotment holders as to their length of tenure of the land; and whether he can make...
28. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether half-legged mares are now being issued to farmers; and how many are now out, and how many there are ready to go out?
41. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the Government propose to continue after the declaration of peace in occupation of any of the premises now occupied by them in Kingsway, and, if...
37. asked the Minister of Munitions whether, in view of the general shortage of typewriting machines, he will take steps to put on offer to the public any machines in the possession of the...
Major BARNES: 35. asked the Minister of Munitions whether, in view of paragraph 20 of the Fourth Report, of Session 1918, from the Select Committee on National Expenditure, it is proposed to make...
36. asked the Minister of Munitions if he will state the names of the armament firms with whom cash settlements have been made on account of contracts closed in consequence of the Armistice, and...
38. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions what was the total estimated cost or value of the State factories and other buildings and their equipment at or about the date...
48. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the fact that the day after the declaration of war a German ship was caught in the mouth of the Thames laying mines; and if the...
31. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, seeing that the United States Department of Agriculture has issued regulations to come into force on the 1st June next...
32. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he is aware of the disapproval throughout the country of the proposals of the agricultural sub-committee to transfer the...
34. asked the Minister of Munitions whether he can arrange with the Board of Agriculture that surplus high explosives should be supplied on easy terms to farmers and landowners who are anxious to...
42. asked the Minister of Supply whether any steps are being taken, in conjunction with the Young Men's Christian Association or otherwise, to supply disused Army hats as social centres in those...
43. asked the Minister of Labour whether the release from the Army of pivotal men has been abandoned in favour of the release of those under contract with an employer, or whether both systems are...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of releasing all conscientious objectors in view of the fact that hostilities have come to an end?
69. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government is prepared to reinstate all its employés who with permission volunteered for active service during the War, including workmen who were...
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. HOPE: 88. asked whether a soldier who was forty-one years of age on 18th April, 1918, who volunteered under the Derby scheme in 1915, but was then rejected on medical...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether, as hostilities have come to an end, the Government will now bring the various censorships to an end and allow the various censors and their staffs to return...
49. asked the Prime Minister if his attention hao been called to the fact that pilots' certificates for British waters issued to captains of foreign merchant ships have been suspended during the...
56. asked whether the Ministry of Health which he proposes to establish will apply to Ireland?
58. asked whether, in carrying out a scheme for assisting discharged soldiers to earn a livelihood, sympathetic Consideration will be given to men who were recruited in urban areas and who do not...
91. asked the Minister of Labour the number of disabled soldiers and sailors with only one arm at present registered on the books of the Labour Exchanges in London and unable to find employment;...
96. asked the Pensions Minister the reasons why only so small a number as 7,939 men are now in training under the Pensions Warrant; and will he also state the number of men awaiting training and...
92 and 93. asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he is aware that the present scheme for granting out-of-work donations in Ireland has led to widely-extended idleness and refusal to work, to...
60. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the fact that a number of Members recently elected to the House have expressed their intention of abstaining from attendance,...
62. asked the date on which the Naval, Military, and Air Force Service Bill will be introduced?
Lieutenant-Colonel HERBERT: 71. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government adhere to the undertaking given that no Army horses should be sold in the East?
55. asked the Prime Minister whether he will take steps for the removal of all restrictions imposed upon clubs and the social habits of the people by reason of the War, in accordance with his...
73. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the industrial unrest prevailing through out the country, unrest that is being exploited in many instances by persons desiring to see a general...
86. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the action of glass-making firms in Sunderland in locking-out their workmen; whether he is aware that his Department...
Mr. KENNEDY JONES: (by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the miners' strike ballot, he will at once announce the constitution of the Committee of Investigation...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for War at whose request the military were brought into Belfast; whether the demand for the military included machine guns, tanks, and other...
74. asked the Prime Minister when he intends to move that the thanks of Parliament be offered to the Naval and Military Forces of the Crown?
75. asked whether the Government intend, to allow women the right of separate assessment, relief, and abatement of Income Tax without reference to the husband's income?
76. asked the Prime Minister whether it is the intention of the Government to appoint a Select Committee, as promised by the late Chancellor of the Exchequer, to inquire into the whole question...
78. asked whether one of the conditions of peace shall be that the enemy countries return all war material captured from the Allies?
Sir F. HALL: 80. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Committee appointed last Session to inquire into the question of inland transport recommended that the Treasury should grant...
81. asked whether the Government proposes to set up a separate Department of Fisheries; and, if so, whether a Bill for that purpose will be introduced at an early date?
83. asked the Minister of Labour what numbers of persons, distinguishing as far as possible between industrial grades, are now registered at the Employment Exchanges as being in search of...
64. asked the Minister of Labour if he will lay upon the Table a statement showing the constitution, duties, and distributor of business of his Department?
85. asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the fact that the Wages (Temporary Regulation) Act will expire soon after the resumption of business after the Easter Recess, what action the...
87. asked the Minister of Labour to what date the last published Annual Report extends describing the work of the Employment Exchanges; and whether he will consider the possibility of publishing...
Mr. K. JONES: 89. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been called to the nature of the Railway Labour Disputes Act, 1903, in Canada and its effect in averting strikes; and whether...
90. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the quarter of a million of workers of foreign nationality already in London, many of them in non-productive but lucrative occupations, he...
94. asked the Pensions Minister what is the maximum amount paid by the Ministry in respect of funerals of soldiers and sailors; whether the Poor Law authorities have had in certain cases to...
95. asked the Pensions Minister the reasons why so large a number as 2,832 men whose stumps are healed are still awaiting the fitting of artificial limbs; whether any of the reasons for this...
MINISTRY OF HEALTH BILL,—"to establish a Ministry of Health and a Board of Health to exercise in England and Wales, and in Scotland, respectively, powers with respect to health and local...
Will the Leader of the House inform us what the business on Thursday and Friday will be?
On going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates, to call attention to the question of enemy and other undesirable aliens, and to move a Resolution.—[Sir J. Butcher and Mr....
On going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates, to call attention to the price of food, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. Denison-Pender and Mr. G. Thorne.]
On going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates, to call attention to the administration of the Board of Trades, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. G. Terrell.]
On going into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates, to move the following Resolution: That, in the opinion of this House, men of all ranks who enlisted for the duration of the War should,...
On going into Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates, to call attention to the distribution of the Fleet, and to move a Resolution—[Mr. Brace.]
On going into Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates, to call attention to the size and method of recruitment of the Army, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. Arnold.]
On going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates, to call attention to the conditions under which our fishing industry is carried on, and to move a Resolution.—[Colonel Burn.]
On going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Service Estimates, to move the following Resolution: That this House regrets the action of the Government in selling shops, factories, stores, and...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
(1) It shall be lawful for a Secretary of State by Order to regulate aerial navigation over the British Islands and the territorial waters adjacent thereto, and in particular, but without...
The purposes of the Air Council shall include all matters connected with aerial navigation.
Considered in Committee.
Ordered, "That Mr. Archdale be a member of the Select Committee on House of Commons (Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms)."—[Col. Gibbs.]
Whereupon Mr. Deputy-Speaker, pursuant to the Order of the House of the 12th February, proposed the Question, "That this House do now adjourn."
I am glad that the opportunity of this Adjournment enables me to mention a very vital matter that arises out of Question Time to-day. I was thunderstruck to hear the answer which the Minister of...
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