Monday, 27 October 1919
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Granton Harbour Order Confirmation Bill,
For the County of Durham (Chester-le-Street Division), in the room of John Williamson Taylor, esquire, Chiltern Hundreds.—[Mr. Tyson Wilson.]
Return [presented 23rd October] to be printed.
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state what was the amount of flour calculated in sacks of 280 lbs. purchased, but which had not left the country of origin on the day the...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the importation of German goods into the United Kingdom is being permitted without any marks of origin being placed on the goods?
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that only one-tenth of the cigarette orders in this country can be executed; and whether, in view of this fact, he will state the...
Captain COOTE: 3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that one of the reasons for the reduced output of coal is that many miners are unwilling to produce a quantity...
Major NEWMAN: 5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the standard daily wage of a collier working at the face in an average coal mine; and how many hours of his time per...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether the policy of the Government as outlined in his recent speeches, with respect to the nationalisation of mineral rights, applies to all minerals or is limited...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether there are over sixty reinsurance companies registered abroad or with foreign headquarters now carrying on business in this country; and how...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether full Reports of the Proceedings of the Coal Commission will be published; and, if so, whether lie can say when the public may be able to...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is in a position to inform the House the number of cities, towns, villages, and boroughs that have so far failed to set up profiteering...
15. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state how many tons of coal were sold for export and bunkers during the months of August and September; and what was the average profit...
Questions Nos. 20, 21, and 22 stood on the Paper in the name of Colonel YATE, relating to Indian matters.
26. asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is intended to lay upon the Table Papers showing the relations of the British Government, the Allied and Associated Powers, or the...
82. asked the Prime Minister whether in January of this year he opposed the proposal to blockade Russia; and whether an early opportunity will be given to the House to record its views on the...
28. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if certain clerks of the Board who have attained the age of sixty have been asked to retire, or have voluntarily retired and have...
29. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether, in view of the national importance of the agricultural industry, he will consider tile advisability of establishing an...
Colonel LAMBERT WARD: 30. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture if he will state the reason for not including a representative of the National Cattle Food Trade...
31. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture whether action is contemplated in the direction of having oats controlled at a moderate price?
44. asked the Food Controller if he is aware that oatmeal, the staple food of the people of Scotland, is about two and a-half times the price of flour in England; and if he intends to take any...
Colonel BURN: 87. asked the Food Controller, in view of the price of milk, what measures, if any, are being taken to ensure that the children and the sick can have an adequate supply at a price...
88. asked the Food Controller if complaints have been made as to the quality of the butter now being supplied through the Controller to Portsmouth retailers by the chief inspector, Portsmouth;...
86 asked the Food Controller whether the export of eggs from Egypt last year was controlled by the Ministry of Food and purchases were confined to one firm to whom merchants having eggs to...
35. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether it is necessary that Army clothing sold under the Disposal Board should always be sold in large quantities; whether he...
37. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether the Government policy with regard to the Slough depot has undergone any modification; and, if so, in what direction; and...
Major GREAME: 38. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether the Government policy, as announced on the 5th March with regard to the use of national factories, has...
39. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether he is aware that a deputation representative of ordnance factories draughtsmen was received on the 25th March last...
Mr. J. JONES: 41. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he is aware that in February last representations were made to his Department in favour of a reduction in the working hours of...
43. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that the. Scottish Board of Agriculture have given notice of eviction to Mr. McNaught, a discharged soldier, at present in possession of a...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether Forestry Commissioners for the United Kingdom have been appointed; and whether their names can now be made public?
Mr. A. T. DAVIES: 48. asked the Prime Minister whether the Peace Treaty with Austria provides that liabilities in Austrian currency of Austrian nationals to British subjects are to be discharged...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether it has been brought to his notice that the German Government proposes to pay 1,500,000,000 marks to German shipowners as compensation for their war losses;...
Sir J. D. REES: 53. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of present financial conditions, it is still proposed to set up new authorities in the place of existing boards of guardians?
54. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a Proclamation was recently issued by the British Command in Germany declaring strikes illegal and that when a strike took place in a tube...
59. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government intend to introduce a Bill during this Session extending the National Unemployment Insurance Acts?
Mr. G, DOYLE: 64 and 93. asked the Prime Minister (1) whether, in view of the inefficiency, public discontent, and financial loss to the nation under State ownership and management of the...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 65. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government are prepared to reconsider the question of the application of the Excess Profits Tax to capital appreciations and...
69. asked the Prime Minister whether instructions have been given to Departments to form Whitley Councils; if so, the date such instructions were issued; and what steps have been taken in the...
Lieut.-Col. AUBREY HERBERT: 55. asked the Prime Minister who are the right hon. Gentlemen composing the Cabinet?
Mr. G. DOYLE: 63. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the desirability of introducing legislation to deal with the menace to the safety of the realm and the prosperity of the...
66. asked the Prime Minister whether it is his intention to form a combined Imperial Defence General Staff, comprising experts from the Navy, Army, and Air Force, and including Dominion...
68. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received representations from the Consumers' Council in favour of the establishment of the Ministry of Food upon a permanent basis; whether this matter...
Major NEWMAN: 70. asked the Prime Minister whether the Ministry of Munitions is still the Ministry of Munitions or has it become the Ministry of Supply; and whether it is intended that it shall...
Major NEWMAN: 71. asked the Prime Minister whether any representation has been, or will be, given to British labour that does not form part of what is known as organised labour at the forthcoming...
73. asked the Prime Minister what precautions are at present being taken to guard the ex-Kaiser and the ex-Crown Prince?
74. asked the Prime Minister when those enemy commanders, officers, and officials who are known to have committed crimes are to be brought to trial?
75. asked what was the cost of the Government's publicity campaign during the recent railway strike and to what Votes would this money be charged?
79. asked the Prime Minister whether he will grant a day for the discussion of the circumstances which led to the recent railway strike?
76. asked the Prime Minister whether a British naval mission is or has been in Poland; what is or was the abject of this mission; whether a Polish Navy is in contemplation; and whether it is the...
Mr. J. JONES: 77. asked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to accept the Report of the Committee on Women in Industry for early application to Government Departments, or whether ho is...
81. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government will shortly advance ally proposals to the League of Nations for a measure of universal disarmament?
84. asked the Prime Minister whether lie is aware that the Dover housing scheme under the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919, is held up by the refusal of the War Office to release a piece...
85. asked the Lord. Privy Seal whether, in view of the fact that, owing to the limited time allowed for the consideration of the Scottish Estimates earlier in the Session, many of the Votes had...
Mr. ALFRED T. DAVIES: 89. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether large numbers of aeroplanes have been destroyed by burning in the occupied districts of France and...
90. asked the Under-Secretary of State to the Air Ministry whether any subsidy, or advantages in lieu of subsidy, is being made by the Government to aviation firms for the development of...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Air Ministry whether he has made any arrangements with the United States Government for the building of a Rigid Airship in this country for the United...
92. asked the Postmaster-General why the use of skips for the conveyance of parcels was abolished about five years ago; and whether, in view of the number of parcels which are damaged owing to...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 94. asked the Postmaster-General if inconvenience and distress in cases of illnesses and accidents arc caused by the recent regulation prohibiting the dispatch of all...
Might I ask the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make to the House in view of the defeat sustained by the Government last Thursday?
As amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
No alien shall hold a pilotage certificate for any port in the United Kingdom.
Considered in Committee.
A person shall not be disqualified by sex from the exercise of any public function, or from being appointed to any civil or judicial office or post, or from entering or assuming any civil...
A woman shall be entitled to be admitted and enrolled as a solicitor after serving under articles for three years only if either she has taken such a university degree as would have so entitled...
In case it shall appear that any incorporated society (whether incorporated by Royal Charter or otherwise) being in receipt of any assistance by way of subsidy from public funds or of free...
Nothing in the Statutes or Charter of any university shall be deemed to preclude the authorities of such university from making such provision as they shall think fit for toe admission of women...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Committee to consider of authorising further provision, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, for the pay of members of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police, and for...
Whereupon Mr. SPEAKER, pursuant to the Order of the House of 22nd October, proposed the Question, "That this House do now adjourn."
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