Tuesday, 1 April 1919
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Estimate presented of the further Sum required to be voted for the service of the year ending 31st March, 1920 [by Command]; referred to a Standing Committee, and to be printed. [No. 63.]
Copy ordered, "of Account of the Income and Expenditure of the British Museum (Special Trust Funds) for the year ending the 31st day of March, 1919; and Return of the number of Persons admitted...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Sleswigers of Danish race are still treated as enemy aliens in this country; and whether any concessions which may have been made to...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that Greek bands are carrying out massacres along the Albanian frontier; and whether any steps are being taken to restrain...
3. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the education of between 1,600 and 1,700 children in Watford has been, almost continuously since November, 1915, and is still being,...
4. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the dissatisfaction among civilian acting-paymasters in the Army Pay Department owing to their not being given the gratuity and war bonus...
5. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give an assurance that he will permit the remains of British soldiers buried in Germany to be exhumed and brought home for reinterment, should...
6. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has received a petition from the members of the Military Massage Service; and what steps he proposes to take in the matter?
8. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state how many officers are still in the Army who are suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis; how many suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis have...
Lieut.-Colonel ARTHUR MURRAY: 9. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state what steps, if any, are being taken to preserve for the public the contents of the Censor's Museum at Strand...
10. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will take steps to secure to the British Museum and principal university libraries complete editions of the daily review of the foreign Press...
11. asked the Secretary of State for War what reduction in the numbers of the staff and employés, male and female, in the War Office has taken place since 11th November, 1918?
12. asked the Secretary of State for War whether a retired officer over fifty-five years of age in receipt of a pension of £200 per annum in addition to full pay, and with no active service...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a number of men in the Non-Combatant Corps, stationed at Kilnsea, were sent to a dispersal camp for demobilisation in January last,...
14. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state the number of dental mechanics at the dental mechanical centre, Colchester; if this number is in excess of the requirements of the...
18. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the advisability of soldiers with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force who have been down with dysentery and malaria being returned...
19. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Private Charles Ross, No. 427415, 39th Company, Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport, Hutment Camp, Grove Park, S.E., is manager...
22. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in consequence of the suspension of the demobilisation of officers, many units of the British Expeditionary Force in France have on their...
Mr. ARCH DALE: 23. asked the Secretary of State for War if he has yet come to any conclusion as to a Grant for the expense of peace-time uniforms for officers?
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. HOPE: 28. asked the Secretary of State for War whether commanding officers render a return of the exact duties on which men are employed who are now eligible for...
30. asked the Secretary of State for War whether of the draft of 250 men of the ¼th Somerset Regiment, now returning from Mesopotamia, only thirty Territorials of 1914 are included; whether...
31. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether the officers in charge at Shirehampton Camp, Bristol, refuse to supply soldiers upon demobilisation with fresh boots, underclothing,...
16. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has made any preparations or arrangements for the nation to testify its gratitude for the splendid services rendered by the overseas troops in...
17. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the prospective return of the 2nd Battalion Devon Regiment to England, he will consider the possibility of ensuring that it shall...
20. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give instructions for prompt and effective steps being taken to trace the many men who have so far dishonestly evaded military service, also...
24. asked the Secretary of State for War the number of Army officers of all ranks on full pay; how many of these are on actual military service; and how many are employed in administrative posts?
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 25. asked the Secretary of State for War whether those members of county and borough police forces who, in response to Lord Kitchener's appeal in 1914, were lent...
26. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the possibility of setting apart a day for a march through the Metropolis of the London Territorial regiments who took part in...
27. asked the Secretary of State for War the approxi- mate number of Territorials who landed in India in 1914 who have seen active service?
Sir HENRY DALZIEL: 29. asked the Secretary of State for War which London hotels are at present under the control of the War Office, and the purposes to which they are applied?
35. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can see his way to offer conscientious objectors now in prison the opportunity of release on condition that they take their...
Colonel BURN: 33. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the act of disloyalty that caused the naturalisation certificate of Dr. Freyberger to be rescinded; and why was he...
34. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is proposed to increase the pensions of those men who rejoined the Metropolitan Police Force in 1914 and who have served...
38. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements has been made to relieve employers of any increased liability under the Workmen's Compensation Act with respect to the...
39. asked the Home Secretary how many of the prisoners in Holloway are epileptic, how many tuberculous, and how many feeble-minded?
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 40. asked the Home Secretary what is the number of alien enemies at present interned in this country; have any and, if so, what number been released since 11th...
32. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether his attention has been called to the fact that Army boots have been sold as waste product at the price of 4d. per pair, and that it was...
42. asked the Pensions Minister whether he will consider the possibility of continuing the total disability pension to all men discharged with active tuberculosis for at least twelve months after...
41. asked the Minister of Pensions how many ex-Service men suffering from tuberculosis were awaiting sanatorium treatment on the 28th February last?
43. asked the Pensions Minister whether he is aware that tuberculosis contracted by women during service with Queen Mary's Women's Army Auxiliary Corps cannot be certified as attributable to that...
Captain BROWN: 44. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether it is proposed to establish a Government demonstration dairy farm in the county of Northumberland?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, before this country is committed to supplying Germany with food, he will take steps to stop the large consignments regularly arriving at German...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the directions of the Road-Stone Control Committee (War Office), dated 17th July, 1918, operate unfairly in the case of quarry-owners;...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has yet considered the appointment of women magistrates; and, if not, whether they will do so?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the information respecting costs, uneconomical management, and profits revealed by the Coal Industry Commission, he will advise His Majesty...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give an estimate of the cost of removing the joint assessment to Income Tax of husbands and wives?
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the increase in the cost of repairs to houses, he will consider the advisability of granting a larger allowance for such repairs...
54. asked whether a married woman can, like an unmarried woman, make an interim claim for repayment of Income Tax if her husband's assessments happen not to be settled until the end of the year...
Sir F. HALL: 49. asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the amount of unemployment now existing, the Government will take steps to prohibit the employment of aliens in Government and private...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of unclaimed bank balances in this country and the estimated value of all unclaimed jewellery, plate, etc., similarly deposited; and...
55. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he will consider the desirability of issuing as a separate Blue Book the sections relating to Wales in the recently...
56. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether the Board propose to give consent to the purchase of a farm by the Isle of Ely County Council, in the parish of Thorney,...
57. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether certain allotment-holders at Fife Road, East Sheen, have been ejected from their allotments on the ground that the land...
58. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether he can now state the manner in which the undertaking given by the President of the Board of Agriculture, on 19th November...
71. asked the Food Controller what are the regulations affecting the provision of extra food which have been recommended by a duly qualified medical practitioner; and whether the same is within...
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir J. HOPE: 72. asked the Food Controller how much the publication of the "Food Control Journal" costs; and how long it is proposed to continue its issue?
59. asked the Secretary to the Treasury if industrial insurance companies have submitted claims against Germany for sums paid on policies held by the relatives of soldiers who have been killed;...
60. asked the President of the Board of Trade when and by whom partial surveys of certain water powers in North Wales were made on behalf of the Water Power Resources Committee; whether there is...
Mr. TYSON WILSON: 61. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any payments have been made from the National Exchequer in respect to the conveyance on the railways of troops and...
62. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the passenger train service between Dunston and Newcastle-on-Tyne, which was suspended during the War because of the great amount...
63. asked how many locomotives still remain in France, and whether he will consider the possibility of getting as many as possible on this side so as to enable more trains to be run at Easter and...
64. asked the Secretary to the Board of Trade the grounds on which it is said to be not practicable to make refunds to those public bodies of the insurance premiums against hostile aircraft which...
65. asked what reduction in the numbers of the staff and employés, male and female, of the Ministry has taken place since 11th November, 1918?
68. asked the President of the Local Government Board whether, in connection with any general scheme of housing and town-planning, he will consider the advisability of providing a sufficient...
69. asked the President of the Local Government Board whether, with regard to the cases of smallpox in 1918, and the two deaths regarding which the diagnosis was open to some doubt, he is aware...
70. asked whether, in considering an application for an old age pension, receipts in kind are included in the estimate of the applicant's means; and whether an applicant, having no actual means...
75. asked if the Break Clause has been imposed in the case of all contracts which were in force when the Armistice was signed for the supply of aeroplanes, engines, and spare parts; and whether...
78. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he proposes to continue control of the Post Office wireless stations after peace is declared; and, if so, whether he is aware that the Post...
79. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether three of the largest hotels in Inverness are still requisitioned by his Department, with a staff of 200 employés, whose work consists of...
80. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty upon what principle his Department declines to publish the proceedings at the inquiry into the loss of the "Hampshire"?
81. asked the Postmaster-General whether steps can be taken to facilitate the delivery of telegrams at Seven Kings, Ilford, seeing that at the present time the delivery from the local post office...
82. asked the Post master-General whether, in view of the in creasing correspondence imposed upon Members of the House and the increased rates of postage, he will arrange that each Member...
83. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will grant facilities to Post Office employés to re-enlist in the Army of Occupation and will guarantee their re-employment on de mobilisation?
86. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the statement made by the National Federation of Women Workers that women have not refused occupations at anything like a...
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir JOHN HOPE: 87. asked the Minister of Reconstruction whether he obtained evidence from the paper trade that British mills are now unable to supply all the paper which is...
21. asked the Secretary of State for War whether officers who are repatriated prisoners of war are entitled to have refunded to them the private moneys which were kept back from them by the...
84. asked the Postmaster-General whether he has received any complaints regarding the charges now being made as war surcharges with respect to the installation of new telephones; whether he is...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether it is a fact, as stated in the Press this morning, that the blockade of enemy countries has been completely lifted, and...
Message to the Lords to request that their Lordships will be pleased to communicate to this House Copies of the Minutes of Evidence and Proceedings, together with Documents deposited, in the case...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had added to Standing Committee D the following Members: Mr. MacVeagh, Captain Redmond, Mr. Donald, and Mr. Reid.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee: That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Hope; and had appointed in...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee: That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee E: Sir William Pearce; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Thomas...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee: That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee O: Sir William Ryland Adkins.
That they agree to the Amendment made by this House to the Amendment made by the Lords to the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Bill.
To call attention, this day two weeks, to the present scale of gratuities, pensions, and allowances to men who have been in His Majesty's Forces and their dependants, and to move a...
To call attention, this day two weeks, to out-of-work donations, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. Hurd.]
Considered in Committee.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.—[Progress, 24th March.]
Where a widow is entitled to the whole or part of the estate of her deceased husband, in terms of the Intestate Husband's (Scotland) Act, 1911 (in this Act referred to as "the principal Act"),...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
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