Thursday, 29 May 1919
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Return ordered, "showing, to the latest year available, for Ireland as a whole, (1) the annual average prices for each year from 1881; (2) the annual average prices for each period comprised in...
1. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what has happened to the ten Albanian guides who were taken prisoners with a British officer at Gusinje by the Yugo-Slavs?
2. asked whether German troops under General von der Goltz and Baron von Manteuffel have re-entered Riga; and what steps will be taken to compel these German forces to withdraw to their own country?
3. asked the Under-Secretary whether he can give the House any official figures regarding the massacres and deportations of Zionist and other Jews by the Polish troops who have invaded Lithuania,...
4. asked whether the whereabouts of Enver Pasha, late Minister of War in Turkey, are now known; and whether steps are being taken to secure his apprehension, with a view to his being tried for...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the present whereabouts of Talaat Pasha, late Prime Minister of Turkey, and Signor Carasso, grand secretary of the Committee of...
6. asked whether M. Paderewski has resigned the Premiership of Poland; if so, on what grounds; and who has succeeded him?
9. asked the Pensions Minister whether he has recently reconsidered or intends to reconsider the case for increase of pre-war pensions; and whether, in view of the 50 per cent. increase in old...
Mr. ALFRED DAVIES: 10. asked the Pensions Minister what provision is made by the Ministry for a disabled soldier who, having completed his training for a new occupation, is unable to find employment?
11. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland on what charge, and on what evidence, Mr. John O'Sheehan, Roscommon, was court-martialled in September and sentenced to two years' imprisonment; where he...
12. asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that, on the 3rd of April, 1919, a youth of twenty named John M'Loughlin was taken into custody in Westport by District-Inspector Victor H....
14. asked whether there are a considerable number of aliens in Ireland, men who are apparently Polish Jews (who speak Yiddish), who visit the houses of the poorer classes in many parts of the...
15. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he intends in the Irish Housing Bill to have a small advisory committee to assist the Local Government Board; and, if so, would he state the...
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the fact that three small boys pleaded guilty at Grimsby to a charge of theft; whether it...
17. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to a case which arose in Redcar being taken for trial to Loftus, on 23rd May, although petty...
19. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that, at a public football match held under influential local auspices at Midsomer Norton on Saturday last, demobilised soldiers and sailors were...
21. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether there has been introduced recently in Trinidad and Tobago an habitual idlers ordinance; whether there is any intention of...
Lieut.-Colonel WALTER GUINNESS: 22. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in view of the hardship caused to children living in the neighbourhood of Kew Gardens by the charge of 1d. for...
23. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether any proposal has been under consideration to widen the herbaceous border in the front of Hampton Court Palace, involving an alteration in the...
24. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the Alexandra. Palace will be handed back for the use of the general public as in the days before the War?
25. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the Beachley garden city scheme is one for which His Majesty's Office of Works is responsible; if so, what is the area of the land embraced and...
26. asked the First Commissioner of Works if he will state under what authority the National Health Insurance Commission occupy a portion of the premises known as 4. Thurloe Place?
28. asked the President of the Local Govern- ment Board if he is aware of the difficulty found by discharged and demobilised soldiers and sailors with families in obtaining houses; whether he...
29. asked the President of the Local Government Board whether Mrs. Elizabeth Stevenson, a widow, eighty-five years of ago, has had her old age pension stopped on the ground that she has been...
30. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that open trade postcards are now coming through the post from German firms seeking business from England; and whether such communications are...
31. asked the Postmaster-General if he will consider the desirability of establishing a public telephone call- office in Brettell Lane, Staffordshire, for the convenience of the inhabitants of...
33. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the inconvenience caused to the people of Kirkby Stephen and Brough, Westmoreland, through the lack of postal facilities; if he is aware...
34. asked the Undersecretary of State to the Air Ministry if he will offer to the Overseas Dominions and Colonies some of the surplus aeroplanes now in the possession of the Air Ministry, with a...
35. asked the Undersecretary of State to the Air Ministry whether he is aware that many girls and women who volunteered for work at the Yate (Glos.) aerodrome have been recently discharged and...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir JOHN HOPE: 38. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether the headquarters of the South-Eastern Area is the only unit of the Air Force accommodated in No....
39. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry what is the Statute under which the Royal Air Force occupies premises: and whether an Order under the Defence of the Realm Act issued by...
40. asked how many casualties there have been in the Air Force since the Armistice up to the pre sent time, mentioning in addition those which have had a fatal termination?
41. asked the Under-Secretary to the Air Ministry whether about 300 men have been discharged during the last month from the works now in progress at Wendover; if the cause for this is the delay...
36. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether he has received a communication from Miss Violet Douglas-Pennant, dated 3rd May, which is a primâ facie case, such as he...
Sir J. D. REES: 42. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether there is any ground for the belief that German goods are reaching this country through Switzerland with the stamp upon them...
Sir J. D. REES: 43. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the serious congestion of traffic between Nottingham and London; why so few wagons are allotted to so important a...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether it is proposed to station a mixed Allied force on the Rhine for fifteen years; and, if so, what will be the strength of the British contingent?
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the blockade is still maintained against Hungary, because that State is a Socialist Republic?
47. asked the Prime Minister how many passenger motor cars, the property of the public, are at present placed at the disposal of the British delegation to the Peace Conference in Paris; whether...
Major NEWMAN: 48. asked the Prime Minister whether he recently granted an interview to the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress; whether he was informed by them that unless the...
50. asked if the British Government has officially conveyed to the captain and crew of the Danish steamer "Mary" its appreciation of their gallantry in rescuing Mr. Hawker and Commander Grieve in...
51. asked the Prime Minister (1) if his attention has been called to the fact that an aeroplane was picked up by a vessel not equipped with wireless and consequently unable to report until she...
Mr. KENNEDY JONES: 51. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the issue of the draft Order in Council regulating the admission of aliens to the United Kingdom, he will state whether these...
55. asked when the Report of Lord Sumner's Committee regarding the British Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Company will be forthcoming?
56. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the registration of the United Baltic Company with a private capital of £2,000,000 on 20th May to carry on a multiplicity...
58. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the strength of local feeling on the inadequacy of the old age pension and the need for greatly increasing the statutory scale of yearly means on...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 59. asked the Prime Minister if, in order that the public may be in a position to judge of the moderation of the Peace terms submitted to Germany, the Government will...
Sir F. HALL: 60. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the report by Mr. Kahn, chairman of the United States Congress Military Committee, of dissensions between the...
61. asked whether a sum of about £6,000,000 has been already spent upon the shipyards at Chepstow, Portbury, and Beachley; and whether the Government will consider the desirability of...
62. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a trade union meeting of glove and leather workers recently held at Worcester a resolution was unanimously passed protesting against the...
63. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that some of the civilian British prisoners interned in enemy countries during the War lost every thing they possessed and, owing to the in...
64. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether or not the Government are definitely opposed in principle to a capital levy as a method of reducing the war debt in order to dispel doubts from the minds of...
Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEY: 67. asked what is the total amount of American securities deposited with the Treasury; what was the total amount of American securities deposited with the Treasury which...
Lieut.-Colonel BUCKLEY: 68. asked what is the present amount of the indebtedness of the British Government to the Government of the United States; what is the present amount of the indebtedness...
69. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the costs of all gold-mining companies have greatly increased and the intrinsic value of gold also greatly increased, while the standard mint...
70. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has now definitely decided not to modify the Income Tax laws until the Royal Commission have reported?
Mr. KENNEDY JONES: 74. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the new ordinance relaxing the export of foodstuffs from this country to neutral countries, he will inform the...
75. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the considered policy of the Board of Trade to allow foreign shipmasters to pilot their ships in home waters now that hostilities have...
76. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state what railway fare reductions are offered to boys' cadet units recognised by the War Office or Admiralty; and whether similar...
80. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that two railway-coach repairing shops at Ashford are not working full-time, and that twelve men have been discharged and further...
77. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any licences have been granted, or are about to be granted, for importation of foreign hops; and, if so, in view of the fact that there is a...
78. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the report that the American Government are providing a large sum of money for advertising American goods throughout the...
79. asked the President of the Board of Trade if wool manufacturers are obtaining a profit of 100 per cent.; and, considering the consequent heavy price of clothing, if he can take steps to...
81. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can state the date on which the first consignment of upper-leather purchased by the Government arrived in this country, the quantity of this...
82. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, when the premises known as 4, Thurloe Place, were sold to a crippled Army officer for the purpose of conversion into flats, he was informed...
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 84. asked the Food Controller whether he is now in a position to communicate the results of his inquiries regarding the removal of potatoes from the North-Eastern counties...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the achievement of American aviators in crossing the Atlantic, suitable arrangements have been made to welcome the Flying Boat N.C....
asked the Deputy-Minister of Munitions if he is in a position to give the House any information in regard to the reports that oil has been struck in connection with the Government's oil...
I wish to ask the Leader of the House whether his attention has been called to the fact that, although Thursday is the day allotted, no Minister was here this afternoon to answer Irish questions,...
I wish to ask the Leader of the House what business it is proposed to take next week?
Second Reading deferred from Tomorrow till Monday next.
Reported, with Amendments, from the Local Legislation Committee; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A: Major Godfrey Palmer; and had appointed in substitution:...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee C: Major Hills; and had appointed in substitution: Mr. Dennis.
That they have agreed to,—
Newark Gas Bill [Lords],
Lords Reasons for insisting on their Amendments to which this House hath disagreed to be considered upon Monday next, and to be printed. [Bill 95.]
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee D.
William Lehman Ashmead-Bartlett Burdett-Coutts, Esquire, for Westminster Borough (Abbey Division), took the Oath and signed the Roll.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BILL,—"to make further provision with respect to the Government of India," presented by Mr. Secretary MONTAGU; supported by Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr....
Considered in Committee.
[Mr. WHITLEY in the Chair.]
I beg to move to reduce the Vote by £1,000,000.
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners;
Again considered in Committee.
With reference to the circular issued by the War Office, I would like to say a word upon the observations of the hon. Member for Hull (Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy). I approach this matter not only...
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to investigate the congestion in the existing means of transport in the Metropolitan area together with the question of fares:
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; read the third time, and passed.
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