Monday, 22 December 1919
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Gosport and Alverstoke Urban District Council Bill,
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the increased cost of materials, owners are still bound to provide pit-head baths, even if the cost of maintenance exceeds 3d. per...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the great congestion in South Wales ports and consequent. serious delay to steamers, which are kept waiting for lengthy periods...
13. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that fuel overseers or other local administrators are denied the power, without the consent of the Coal Controller, to check the...
14. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that local administrators of the Household Fuel and Lighting Order with many years' experience resent and consider it a...
85. asked the Prime Minister whether he could now make a statement as to the Government's policy in relation to the coal mines; and whether any provision was to be made for the development of the...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade if coke is being exported from South Wales whilst blast furnaces in the Midlands are on the point of closing down owing to the shortage of supply of coke?
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that it is a common practice in all sections of trade in commercial centres for cartage to be paid for at a specified rate per...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that there have been several cases of destructive fires in ex-German merchant ships, such as the "Boonah," now in the Royal Albert...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many cases of alleged profiteering in wholesale articles are being investigated by the Board of Trade; how many decisions in such cases have been...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state what steps he is taking to facilitate the delivery of certain dye colours which to the present time have not been manufactured by...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that persons resident in Alsace-Lorraine are tendering payment against pre-war debts in German marks at the present rate of exchange;...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the high prices charged at the quarry mouth for stone required for building; whether these prices are in any degree due to the...
23. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the present Law Officers, or their predecessors, have at any time given a written opinion that any of the proclamations affecting articles...
86. asked the Prime Minister whether he had now decided to abandon the Imports and Exports Regulations Bill?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 25. asked the Minister of Transport whether Mr. W. B. Woodhouse, engineer and manager of the Yorkshire Electric Power Company, is to be one of the Commissioners under...
26 and 27. asked the Minister of Transport (1) whether he is aware that, owing to an apparent shortage of ticket collectors, congestion and delay occurs at Balham Station on the arrival of the...
Dr. MURRAY: 29. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that, even when there was a daily service between Stornoway and the mainland, numerous complaints as to the insufficiency and...
33. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the position in which traders of all classes are placed by the refusal of the railway companies to convey returned empties; and, in...
30. asked the Minister of Transport whether the congestion at the collieries and docks could be greatly relieved by running freight trains on Sundays when the lines are comparatively free of...
31. asked the Minister of Transport if he will give comparative figures of the pre-war and present capacity, actual load, journey time, daily earnings, and demurrage charge of the average goods...
32. asked the Minister of Transport whether his refusal to instruct the Midland Railway Company to reopen the closed exit opposite Trent Street, Nottinghm, arises from the cost involved; and if...
35. asked the Minister of Transport if he has received an offer from Mr. Dudley Docker, chairman of the Metropolitan Carriage and Finance Company, to build 500 railway wagons per week at less...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 40. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will recommend the withdrawal of the guarantee to the railway companies of their pre-war dividends in order that there may be a...
41. asked the Minister of Transport if his attention has been called to the fact of the increased extent of pilferage of goods during transit by land and sea; and if he will take immediate steps...
44. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the wear and tear to roads caused by motor omnibuses throws considerable expense on the local authorities; and whether he will...
90. asked the Minister of Transport whether he has now received the whole of the nominations for the constitution of the Roads Advisory Committee, and if he is aware that the delay in appointing...
Sir F. HALL: 93. asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that there has been no reduction in the congestion with regard to street traffic; whether the Select Committee on Transport...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether any decision has as yet been arrived at by the Supreme Council with regard to the disposal of the ex-German warships and the "Goeben"?
Mr. T. THOMSON: 47. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the great hardships at present borne by many old age pensioners owing to the high cost of living, the Government will...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether any cases have occurred of trades unions using the Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act to prevent the employrnent of disabled or partially disabled...
49. asked whether the Government will consider some relaxation of the War Regulations of the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) from Christmas Eve until 1st January, in view of the fact that...
79. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of impending licensing legislation, he would take steps to meet the wishes of a large number of the Members of this House by allowing Sir Edgar...
Captain COOTE: 50. asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to give the results of his consultation with the Board of Trade upon the subject of the pensions of merchant seamen...
64. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that the wives and dependants of the men in the Merchant Service did not receive separation allowances from the Government, he can see...
Captain COOTE: 51. asked the Prime Minister whether the projected alliance between the States on the fringes of Russia has been in any way promoted or assisted by His Majesty's Government;...
Dr. MURRAY: 81. asked the Prime Minister whether any of the. money or supplies sent by this country to General Denikin was used for the purposes of Colonel Bermondt's forces which were till...
95. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can state the nature of the steps which are being taken to secure the release of British soldiers and seamen detained in Russia as...
53. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that there is a growing desire on the part of tenant farmers in Wales to purchase their farms and also an equally strong desire on the part of the...
58. asked the Prime Minister when the Committee which is considering the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1919, with a view to reconsidering such parts as relate to the Land Clauses and Unearned Increment...
59. asked the Prime Minister whether any agreement has been made or is contemplated between His Majesty's Government and the Belgian Government enabling British corporations having branches in...
60. asked the Prime Minister whether the failure of the Senate of the United States of America to ratify the Peace Treaty will delay the setting up of the Reparations Commission; when is it...
61. asked to what purpose it is intended to apply the balance of the National Relief Fund for the relief of distress arising through the War; and whether any steps can be taken towards applying...
63. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that the R 34 and R 39, the two latest rigid airships, are to be sold for commercial purposes; and if he will allow one of them to be retained for the...
67. asked the Prime Minister what was the reason of the Government for not increasing the pay of naval schoolmasters in common with all other naval officers?
68. asked the Prime Minister whether he would reconsider the present system under which the House of Lords were able to appoint Committees of Inquiry against the wishes of the Government and of...
72. asked the Prime Minister what subjects were now being considered by the Inter-Allied Conference other than the future of Turkey?
71. asked the Prime Minister to state the present places of residence of the various members of the Hohenzollern princes who are sons of the ex-kaiser; and whether the Allies had deposed any...
70. asked the Prime. Minister whether he could state on behalf of the Government that there would be no attempt on their part to nationalise the great voluntary hospitals; and whether he was...
73. asked the Prime Minister whether he had received representations from the agricultural executive committees in Wales calling attention to the difficulties they were experieneing in their...
74. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention had been drawn to the hardship which was inflicted on leaseholders of property whose leases were ending owing to the cost of carrying out...
76. asked the Prime Minister whether he could give any indication of What plans the Government had made for meeting the economic situation in Europe?
77. asked the Prime Minister if he will state what steps had been taken to prepare for the work of this country in the League of Nations; and what Minister would be in charge of such work?
78. asked the Prime Minister whether any communication had been received from the Canadian Government inviting the Imperial Conference of next year to assemble at Ottawa; and whether, in any...
Dr. MURRAY: 80. asked the Prime Minister whether he could state the amount payable by way of reparation or indemnity by Austria under the Treaty between the Allied and Associated Powers and Austria?
82. asked the Prime Minister whether provision could be made for the return of property in Germany belonging to British subjects, which had been sequestrated by the Germans, instead of...
Sir F. HALL: 83. asked the Prime Minister whether the settlement of the Irish question, for which the Government had made provision, had been submitted to and agreed to by the parties who were...
Major BARNES: 84. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the intention of the Government to carry a measure of self-government for Ireland, he proposed to re-introduce the Education...
88. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has reached a decision with reference to the inclusion of agricultural labourers in the Hours of Employment (No. 2) Bill?
94. asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state how many British Consular representatives have been appointed for Jugo-Slavia; and what measures are to be taken to...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is now in a position to announce the decisions of the Admiralty on the cases of the Royal Marines in Bodmin Prison for offences alleged to have...
Viscount CU RZON (by Private Notice): asked the Minister of Labour whether he can state the number of officers and men of like educational standing in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, and Reserve...
Brigadier-General COCK BRILL (by Private Notice), on behalf of Mr. Cozens-Hardy,: asked the Prime Minister whether any part of the sum of £26,000,000 set aside for the purpose of...
asked the Leader of the House if he is yet in a position to make a statement with regard to the amelioration of the position of women who served His Majesty's Armies during the recent War, and...
asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to a paper calling itself the "European Press," which is published in Berlin by a German company, which is sent here by post and...
asked the Minister of Health if he has already received a request from the Poplar Board of. Guardians asking him for his approval to merge all existing war bonus into salary, conditional upon the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what date he anticipates that it will be possible to pay Old Age Pensions at the new rates authorised under the recent Bill?
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken by the Imperial Government to relieve the financial situation and the serious loss to producers...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the children's allowance is to be taken away from all or any officers of the Royal Navy on 31st December, 1919?
asked the Secretary of State for India whether, pending the result of the Hunter Inquiry, Brigadier-General Dyer has been relieved of his command; and, further, whether the Secretary of State has...
In view of the importance of the Prime Minister's statement to-day, will the right lion. Gentleman the Leader or the house say what time it will be taken?
Report from the Select Committee brought up, and read.
Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence and an Appendix, brought up, and read.
Fifth Report from the Select Committee, with Minutes of Evidence, brought up, and read.
Reason for disagreeing to one of the Lords Amendments reported, and agreed to.
Reasons for disagreeing to certain of the Lords Amendments reported, and agreed to.
SEEDS AND WEEDSBILL.— "To amend the Law with respect to the sale and use of Seeds for sowing and of seed potatoes and to provide for the testing of Seeds and to prevent the spread of in...
Lords Amendments considered.
The Electricity Commissioners may, either by themselves or through any district electricity board or joint electricity authority established under this Act, or any authorised undertakers, or...
The Electricity Commissioners may appoint a Committee or Committees consisting of chairmen or other members of district electricity boards and joint electricity authorities established under this...
(1) The Electricity Commissioners may provisionally determine that any district in the United Kingdom shall be constituted a separate electricity district for the purposes of this Act., and in...
(1) A scheme under the last foregoing Section may provide for the establishment and (where desirable) the incorporation with power to hold land without licence in mortmain, of a joint electricity...
(1) The Electricity Commissioners may make an Order giving effect to the schemes embodying decisions they arrive at as the result of such inquiry as aforesaid, and present the Order for...
(1) It shall be the duty of every joint electricity authority, or district electricity board constituted under this Act, to provide or secure the provision of a cheap and abundant supply of...
(1) As from such date or dates as may be specified in the order constituting a district electricity board, all generating stations then existing within the district, other than railway generating...
Where a district electricity board or any authorised undertakers are authorised by Order made after the passing of this Act to acquire or use any land for the purpose of a generating station, no...
Notwithstanding anything in any special Act or Order in force at the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any authority, company, or person to establish a new or extend an existing...
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 10.—Agreed to.
(1) A district electricity board shall have power to supply electricity within their district subject to the following limitations, that is to say, the board shall not supply electricity—...
(1) Any local authority being authorised distributors may, with the consent of the Electricity Commissioners, agree with the district electricity board of the district in which the area of supply...
(1) The Electricity Commissioners may on the application of a district electricity board by Order exclude from the area of supply of any power company any part of that area which at the time of...
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 14.—Agreed to.
(1) The Board of Trade, on the representation of the Electricity Commissioners, may by Order authorise any district electricity board or any authorised undertakers to abstract water from any...
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 16.—Agreed to.
If after the eighth of May, nineteen hundred and nineteen, and within five years from the date when under this Act a transfer of the whole or any part of an undertaking (including the transfer of...
A district electricity board before incurring any capital expenditure above such amount as the Electricity Commissioners may prescribe shall submit for approval to the Electricity Commissioners...
19.—(1) It, shall be lawful for the Board of 'Trade, after consultation with the Electricity Commissioners, at any time after an electricity district has been provisionally determined and...
(1) During the period between the passing of this Act and the establishment of a district electricity board or joint electricity authority for any district, any two or more of the authorised...
(1) A district electricity board or any authorised undertakers may place any electric line below ground across any land, and above ground across any land other than land covered by buildings or...
(1) A district electricity board and any local authority authorised by special Act or by Order to supply electricity may provide, let for hire, and in respect thereof may connect, repair,...
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 25—Agreed to.
Anything which under the Electric Lighting Acts may be effected by a Provisional Order confirmed by Parliament may be affected by a special Order made by the Electricity Commissioners and...
It shall be the duty of district electricity hoards and authorised undertakers to furnish to the Electricity Commissioners at such times and in such form and manner as the Commissioners may...
(1) Every district electricity board shall establish a fund to which all receipts by the board shall be carried, and out of which all payments by the board shall be made.(2) Every district...
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 31. —Agreed to.
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 32.—Agreed to.
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 33—Agreed to.
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 34.—Agreed to.
(1) The Electricity Commissioners shall at the beginning of each financial year prepare an Estimate of their receipts and expenditure, other than on account of loans under the last preceding...
Subject to the consent of the Electricity Commissioners, district electricity boards or any authorised undertakers may, out of the revenue of their undertakings, pay reasonable subscriptions,...
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 37. —Agreed to.
Section four of the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875, (which relates to breaches of contract by persons employed in the supply of gas or water), shall extend to persons employed by...
(1) Where under this Act a district electricity board are authorised to enter into an agreement or arrangement with, or to act through authorised undertakers or any other authority, company, or...
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 40.—Agreed to.
(2) Any Rules made in pursuance of this Section shall be laid before Parliament as soon as may be after they are made, and shall have the same effect as if enacted in this Act, and shall be...
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—The expression "railway generating station "means a station for generating electricity for use solely or mainly by a railway company for...
Lords Amendment: Leave out Clause 45.—Agreed to.
This Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications: (1) "Arbitrator" means "arbiter"; "easement" means "servitude"; "receiver" means "judicial factor"; and "restrain"...
47. This Act shall apply to Ireland, subject to the following modifications: (a) A reference to the Local Government Board for Ireland shall be substituted for any reference to the Minister of...
All the powers and duties of the Board of Trade under this Act or the Electric Lighting Acts, or the Orders and Regulations made thereunder, or any local Act relating to the supply of...
Order for consideration of Lords Amendments read.
(2) Grants under this Section shall be made only in respect of houses(a) which comply with the conditions prescribed by the Minister and are in material accordance with the conditions-as to the...
(1) The aggregate amount of the grants to be made for the purposes of the preceding Section of this Act shall not exceed fifteen million pounds.(2) A grant shall not be made under the pre. ceding...
Section seven of the Housing and Town Planning, etc., Act, 1919 (which provides for the recoupment out of moneys provided by Parliament of losses incurred in connection with certain schemes), and...
(1) Where it appears to a local authority that the provision of dwelling accommodation within their area is or is likely to be delayed by a deficiency of labour or materials arising out of the...
If any person at any time after the third day of December, nineteen hundred and nineteen, without the permission in writing of the local authority within whose area the house is situate,...
(1) A local authority (including a county council) may, with the consent of the Minister, borrow any sums which they have power to borrow fur the purpose at the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, by the...
Section one of the Trustee Act, 1893 (which specifies the securities in which trust funds may be invested) shall have effect as though there were included therein local bonds issued under this...
(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that any local authority (including, a county council) or two or more local authorities jointly, or any authorised association, are prepared to purchase and...
In this Act the expression "local authority means the local authority within the Meaning of Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890:Provided that for the purpose of the...
For the purpose of securing the proper execution of this Act in the administrative county of London, the London County Council shall have the power to require a district surveyor under the London...
This Act, in its application to Ireland, shall have effect with the following modifications, namely(2) References to the Housing Acts, 1890 to 1919, shall be construed as references to the...
(1) This Act may be cited as the Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919.(2) The provisions of this Act, other than the provisions thereof relating to powers of borrow- 1167 ing for the purpose of...
3. The provisions of Section one hundred and fifteen of the Stamp Act, 1891 (which relates to composition for stamp duty), shall, with the necessary adaptations, apply in the case of any local...
I beg to move "That this House do now adjourn."
I rose because I wanted to raise a question which is different from the Irish question in locality, but very similar to it in general characteristics.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for Second Reading read, god discharged; Bill withdrawn.
Order for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment to Second Reading read, and discharged; Bill withdrawn.
The following Notice of Motion appeared on the Paper in the name of Captain WEDGWOOD BENN: That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty praying that Section four of the Third Schedule of...
That they have agreed to,— Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill,Profiteering (Continuance) Bill,Old Age Pensions Bill, without Amendment.Amendments to— Union of Benefices Bill...
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