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The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Swinton and Mexborough Gas Board Bill (by Order),
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why passports are being refused from this country to Soviet Russia, in view of the fact that no state of war exists between His Majesty...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a strongly-worded Note has been handed to the Esthonian Government on behalf of the Allies, with a request that the army of...
14 and 46. asked the Secretary of State for War (1) what is the number of Russian prisoners of war in British hands; what is the nature of their employment; where are they stationed; (2) what is...
4. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he is aware of the need of adequate storage facilities for oils; and, if so, what steps are being taken to meet the need?
5. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he will give the scale of salaries of the Consular Service and of the Trade Commissioner Service?
6. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he could arrange that discharged soldiers instead of women should be employed for canteen services at Kidbrooke and other camps; whether he is...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 7. asked the Secretary of State for War if any alteration has been made in regard to the fees charged to cadets at Woolwich and Sandhurst since the termination of the...
Mr. G. DOYLE: 8. asked what steps had been taken to establish a battalion of oversea guards to consist of contingents from each of the great self-governing Dominions; and if the Governments...
9. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will reconsider his decision not to give priority for demobilisation to craftsmen in the building trade, in view of the serious shortage of...
10. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the French Government have recently granted a sum of about £4,000 to aid inventors in carrying put experiments with the...
12. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state what is the approximate cost of demobilisation, including gratuities, to latest date; what is the estimated cost for the financial year;...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will publish and circulate a statement showing the estimated cost for the current financial year of the British Army, allocating the cost to...
15. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a large number of girls employed as clerks at the Labour Corps Records, Nottingham, are under notice, and are not entitled to a...
16. asked the Secretary of State for War how many officers of the Special Reserve, Territorial Force, and holders of temporary commissions, belonging to the Machine Gun Corps are now employed in...
31. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is yet in a position to issue the report of the Committee set up by the War Office to report upon uniforms?
32. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing there are a few returned soldiers in institutions in this country who have lost their memories, he could see his way to have their...
35. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office whether he will reconsider the decision that the gratuity under Army Order 324 of 1919 of £100 per year of service in the case of officers...
18. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that it was proposed to continue the anti-aircraft station at Putney Heath until a permanent site was found, he would give instructions...
19. asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention had been called to the case of Army pensioners who were employed as clerks in Record Offices and other Departments of the War Office...
20. asked the Secretary of State for War what was the number of soldiers now occupying the camp on Wimbledon Common; if the greater part of the temporary wooden buildings in the camp enclosure...
21. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any women were now employed by the War Office discharging the duties of motor drivers or carrying out duties formerly carried out by the Queen...
22. asked the Secretary of State for War what parts of the Ottoman Empire were now under the control of British troops; and what parts they were jointly controlling with the troops of our Allies?
24. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he could state the battlefields, other than those on Belgian soil, on which special sites are to be reserved as memorials to British feats of arms...
25. asked the. Secretary of State for War whether battalions of the Dublin Fusiliers and Royal Scots Fusiliers had recently left this country, or will shortly be leaving, to join the Army of the...
26. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the retention of a wireless squadron in Mesopotamia meant that men who enlisted for the period of the War were being compulsorily retained in that...
30. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he would consider the advisability of recognising in some extraordinary manner the cases of ex-Regular warrant officers to whom a special appeal...
23. asked the Secretary of State for War what details he had received within the last few days of a nature to suggest attempts to reconstitute the German Army as a fighting force?
36. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what compensation, if any, has been awarded to the relatives of non-combatants and civilians who lost their lives at sea during the War on...
Compensation Scheme for Masters, Officers and Seamen.
Mr. DOYLE: 37. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that a secret revolutionary movement is being carried on in this country, one of its objects being to abolish...
Mr. DOYLE: 38. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the revived Mormon agitation; what steps have been taken to cope with it; and, for the information and protection of...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 39. asked the Home secretary if he will state the number of accidents in England and Wales to cyclists and other road users caused by motor-propelled vehicles during the months of...
40 and 41. asked the Home Secretary (1) what is the number of married persons certified as insane in England and Wales and the average number of cases which recover annually after five years'...
44. asked the Home Secretary whether he has received any recommendation from the London County Council with reference to the licensing of the managers and proprietors of touring theatrical...
Sir F. HALL: 45. asked the Prime Minister which, if any, of the principal provisions of the Peace Treaty will be affected in the event of the United States of America refusing to be parties to...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether it has now been decided that a wine merchant. shall no longer be compelled under the Defence of the Realm Regulations to insist on payment for wine or spirits...
48. asked the Prime Minister when a full report of the proceedings of the International Labour Conference at Washington will be available; and whether a White Paper can now be issued showing the...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether witnesses who have applied to the secretary of the Industrial Insurance Committee of Inquiry to give evidence before that Committee have in several cases been...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Committee on Currency has yet reported; and what steps it is now proposed to take to deflate the currency in this country, in view of the...
Sir F. HALL: 53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if manual workers are allowed to deduct from their Income Tax assessment the cost of travelling to and from their places of work; if so,...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received a statement signed by eleven senior superintending inspectors of taxes calling attention to the injustice which they allege they...
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what authority the Inland Revenue authorities refuse to recognise accountants who are not members of the Chartered Institute; whether a taxpayer...
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a substantial reduction could be obtained in the railway deficit by returning to the pre-war system by...
87. asked the Minister of Transport what steps are being taken to remedy the great shortage of railway wagons which so seriously hampers the trade of the country?
88. asked the Minister of Transport whether the higher paid railway officials, whose salaries range from £400 to £8,000 per annum, are in receipt of war bonuses ranging from £100...
Mr. T. THOMSON (by Private Notice): asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that, notwithstanding repeated representations during the last nine months of the serious lack of transport...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when it is proposed to publish the next issue of the statement showing the staffs of Government Departments on 1st July, 1919, compiled from Returns...
58. asked the Home Secretary if the Commissioner of Police has been able to comply with the request embodied in the Royal Proclamation calling upon employers of labour to ensure, that 5 per cent....
59. asked the Home Secretary whether he has now been able to make inquiries into the case of an enemy alien who has returned to Manchester and has been carrying on business in that city in what...
62. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller whether the Ministry is considering with the Admiralty the advisability of adapting old cruisers, which would otherwise be sold...
Mr. GIDEON MURRAY: 64. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that in Glasgow there are ninety-four police pensioners who retired before April, 1919, whose pensions are at the rate...
65. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he has received a communication from the town council of St. Andrews demanding that the various districts of the county of Fife should be separated for...
67. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether an Agricultural Bill creating security of tenure for farmers in Scotland upon certain conditions will be introduced at the same time as the. English...
68. asked the, Food Controller if he has received any representations from fishermen at Bridlington, Flamborough, or Filey as to the effects of the new Fish Prices Order; and if he will consider...
Mr. DOYLE: 70. asked the Food Controller if he will give the number of tons of meat, bacon, and sugar now awaiting shipment from this country to Rotterdam for Germany; what was our total shipment...
71. asked the Food Controller whether he is aware that oil cake has recently been contracted forward from the mills at £10 per ton, and is now being retailed at prices ranging from £22...
73. asked the Food Controller whether he will grant an extra half-pound of sugar per week till after Christmas?
74. asked the Food Controller if he is aware that the controlled price of 28s. per score for pigs bought by dead-weight is being totally ignored by breeders and dealers in all parts of the...
75. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture What steps have been taken by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, in view of the offer made to county education committees...
91. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Interdepartmental Committee on Meat Supplies appointed in April last has presented a Report; if so, will he state when this Report was...
76. asked what is the cause of the delay in the appointment of the referees under the Acquisition of Land Act, 1919?
89. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to a resolution and statement issued in effect as follows: That the North Staffordshire Colliery Owners'...
90. asked if che employers in the engineering and metal trades, directly or indirectly depending on the iron-moulding industry, are guaranteed against loss by a State dole ensuring the full...
asked the Prime Minister whether any negotiations, formal or informal, are taking place between His Majesty's Government and the Government of France on the subject of a separate Anglo-French...
79. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the dispute in progress at the works of Messrs. Short and Mason, scientific instrument manufacturers, Waltham-stow;...
83. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that the increased pensions, approved in the early part of this year, for retired officers of the Royal Marines have not yet been...
82. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it is intended that steam trawlers and similar vessels which are now being refitted and reconditioned in the Mersey and other ship-repairing...
80. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions whether he is aware that there is a great demand among ex-Service men for motor vehicles, more especially such as are suitable...
Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAY: 92. asked the Parliamentary Commissioner to the Forestry Commission whether any progress is being made in carrying into effect the provisions of the Forestry Act, 1919?
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to remove the disqualification of Clerks in Holy Orders and other ministers of religion as municipal councillors." [Municipal Corporations...
Ordered, "That the Proceedings on Government business be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House)." —[Mr. Bonar Law.]
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £32,044,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of pay meat during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £4,488,540 be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge will come in course of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £5,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will conic in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £195,500, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,161,125, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £200,000, he granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £103,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31s day of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £849,329, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
This is not an appeal, but an order from the Irish Republican Government. To those who ignore it will be meted the punishment of traitors.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,500,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £506,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Considered in Committee.
Considered in Committee.
As from the commencement of this Act the additional weekly sum payable under the Workmen's Compensation (War Addition) Act, 1917 (in this Act referred to as "the War Addition Act"), shall, in the...
Considered in Committee, and reported, without Amendment; read the third time, and passed.
Considered in Committee, and reported without Amendment.; read the third time, and passed.
Read a second time, and committed to a, Committee of the Whole House for Tomorrow.—(Mr. Denis Henry.]
Read a second time.
Committee to consider of authorising the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of such further sums, not exceeding in the whole two million and fifty thousand pounds, as are required for the...
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