Tuesday, 17 February 1920
Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Housing) Bill,—Standing Order of 17th December, 1919, relating to the Ministry of Health Provisional Order (Housing) Bill, suspended in the last...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the first assembly of the League of Nations will be called; where the first sitting will be held; which nations will be invited to...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any steps have yet been taken to satisfy the claims of the Ruhleben prisoners who by their internment in Germany suffered...
3. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he is aware that the Peace Treaty stipulated that duties on goods imported into Germany were to remain the same as...
5. asked the Secretary of State for War how many volunteer recruits have been obtained for His Majesty's Army since the armistice with Germany; how many of these have enlisted for more than 12...
6. asked the Secretary of State for War what British Military Missions are at present in the Baltic Provinces of the former Russian Empire, Finland, and Poland, respectively; what is their...
Lieut.-Colonel W. GUINNESS: 8. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the great anxiety felt by the relations of missing men owing to reports that military hospitals contain...
Lieut.-Colonel W. GUINNESS: 9. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any balances left by deceased soldiers who died intestate is invested in the War Office orphans savings bank at 2½...
12. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the question of furnishing each man on discharge or demobilisation with a copy of his Army medical history sheet, as the...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War how many women are now employed by the Army authorities in England; how many in France and the occupied areas; how many elsewhere; and what duties they...
14. asked the Secretary of State for War whether temporary officers who are to be given regular commissions under the Army education scheme will be eligible for staff appointments under that...
20. asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is intended to-issue any Army Order in the near future regarding the terms and conditions of Reserve service for officers and men, especially...
21. asked the Secretary of State for War whether there are still remaining in France a larger number of troops than was anticipated at the time of the last Army Estimates; whether the reasons for...
22. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will consider the case of service pensioners under the War Office who, for the benefit of the Army and for the sole reason of their efficiency...
23. asked the Secretary of State for War why Private B. Llewellyn, South Wales Borderers, Brecon Barracks, was not allowed to purchase his discharge under Section 10 of Army Order B 265A (short...
24. asked the Secretary of State for War whether Q.A.I.M.N.S. nurses employed on military service receive a salary of £65 per annum and that the present pension is £32 10s. per annum...
26. asked the Secretary of State for War, if his attention has been drawn to the frequent thefts of British officers' luggage on German railways; if the losses sustained by officers are made good...
27. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the provisions of Article 497 of the Pay Warrant, as amended by Army Order 235 of 1917, are not being applied to the cases of...
Captain COOTE: 29. asked the Secretary of State for War whether non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Army Service Corps (Forage Department) are entitled to gratuity upon demobilisation?
Captain COOTE: 30. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the War Office are prepared to meet the cost of medical attendance upon soldiers who fall sick while on demobilisation furlough,...
31. asked the Secretary of State for War whether temporary officers who have been granted permanent commissions in the Army Pay Department have been given departmental grading above all assistant...
35. asked the Secretary of State for War, what is the present strength of the Army of the Black Sea: and how the force is distributed?
36. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office, considering that officers of the British service while prisoners of war in Germany drew full pay of their rank plus allowances during the...
10. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the practical impossibility of appealing for recruits to the Territorial Army before conditions of service have been finally...
11. asked the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to cases of officers and men who have been abroad in Aden, India, &c, for 5½ years, but having been transferred...
16. asked the Secretary of State for War whether provision will be made in the Territorial Army or Militia schemes for organising technical corps, composed of experts, for mechanical transport,...
17. asked the Secretary of State for War, whether it has now been decided to award a medal to Territorials who were efficient on 4th August, 1914, and proceeded overseas before 31st December,...
18. asked the Secretary of State for War, whether his statement at the last meeting of County Association representatives that the command of units in the Territorial Army will be given only to...
25. asked the Secretary of State for War whether a decision has been arrived at with regard to the increase of salaries to secretaries of Territorial Force Associations, as indicated in the reply...
Captain COOTE: 28. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that during the war certain Yeomanry regiments were trained and used as machine-gun battalions; and, seeing that in the...
33. asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the following words in the official programme at the recent investiture, Nominal role of persons proposing to be...
32. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state what progress is being made as regards acknowledging the indebtedness of this country to those inhabitants of Belgium and France who...
34. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any statement to make as to the circumstances under which General Townshend resigned his commission?
Mr. G RATTAN DOYLE: 37. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the increasing number of unsolved murders and burglaries during the last few months and the failure of the...
Mr. DOYLE: 38. asked the Home Secretary if his attention has been called to the fact that the underground activities of Bolshevik agents in this country have greatly increased of late; if the...
39. asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the number of Germans and other former enemy aliens, respectively, who have been deported from this country under Section 9 of The Aliens...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 40. asked the Home Secretary if, in view of the difficulty of keeping rear lights on ordinary bicycles burning during windy weather and on bad roads, he will now cancel or modify...
41. asked the Home Secretary whether any cases have been brought to his notice of girls being found on board foreign ships in British ports for immoral purposes; and, if so, what steps he...
43. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the number of women and children who come before the courts, he will consider the advisability of introducing legislation to provide for the...
44. asked the Home Secretary what has been done relative to establishing a central authority for the administration of the Petrol Acts, as recommended in the Report of the Petroleum Committee of 1913?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether the total cost to the nation of the Select Committee appointed by the House of Lords in the Douglas-Pennant case, distinguishing the legal costs and the other...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government granted a passport to Russia to Mr. George Lansbury; whether similar facilities were refused to Mr. Ramsay Macdonald; and, if so, what were the...
48. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he can give an opportunity at an early date for the discussion of the Second Report of the Select Committee on Pensions?
Mr. GIDEON MURRAY: 49. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether any definite arrangements have yet been made for the erection of the public statue to Mr. Chamberlain; and when it is proposed to submit...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amounts have been expended during the current financial year on the railways, coal, and bread subsidies; and what the respective totals are likely...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a subsidy was paid to the Cunard Company between the years 1881 and 1914 and, if so, what amount; whether, during the same period, loans were...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that the sovereign to-day is worth only half its pre-war value, he can see his way to raising the total exemption from...
54. asked the Home Secretary whether the decision to alter paragraph 4 of the Early Closing Order, 1917, so as to permit the sale of sweets in theatres, cinemas, etc., after the closing hour for...
55. asked the Home Secretary whether there are any regulations in force prohibiting the use of dazzling headlights in the streets?
56. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that the Liverpool Watch Committee have declined to pay the pensions which became due to members of the Liverpool City Police who were dismissed...
57. asked the Pensions Minister whether, in view of the fact that a statutory right to pension has now been conceded and new tribunals unconnected with the Ministry of Pensions are being set up...
58. asked the Pensions Minister whether he will consider the question of granting pensions on the higher scale to widows under the age of forty who have no children and who are incapable of...
59. asked the Pensions Minister whether he will consider the grant to a single disabled man of an allowance for a dependant, if the dependant drew separation allowance while he was serving, on...
60. asked the Pensions Minister whether Mrs. Wybourne, the mother of Private W. J. Wybourne, M/331,517, Array Service Corps, killed in action, applied through her trade union, on 2nd May, 1919,...
61. asked the Pensions Minister whether he will make allowance in respect of the wife and children of disabled men who have married subsequently to the receipt of disablement pay?
63. asked the Pensions Minister if he will state the total number of hours of overtime worked in the Pensions Ministry each month during the last three months, distinguishing paid and unpaid work?
66. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller whether consideration has been given to the representations made by the Woolwich borough council regarding the difficulty in...
67. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller the reason why directed grain freights have been raised since 1st January, 1920, to the extent of 60 per cent. to 70 per cent.;...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 68. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller, whether he is aware that, notwithstanding the continued shortage of iron-ore tonnage from Mediterranean and...
69. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether Scotland will be included in the Bill providing security of tenure for tenant farmers, under certain conditions, which it is understood it is intended...
70. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether it is proposed to abolish the limit imposed upon the public' library rate in Scotland or to otherwise amend the existing rate limit?
72. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware that in certain Scottish burghs the local authorities are being required by the Scottish Board of Health to build houses of brick,...
73. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that considerable discontent prevails among the sheriff clerks and their staffs with regard to the salaries and conditions of the service,...
75. asked the Food Controller whether he is aware that grave discontent exists owing to the price asked for butter since its de-control; and what facts are in his possession which satisfy him...
76. asked the Food Controller if he will state the reason for the shortage of sugar in this country, having regard to the fact that it can be freely obtained in most European countries, including...
(by private notice) asked the Leader of the House whether he can give any information with regard to the alarming statement which appeared in the "Times" this morning as to whether the Armenian...
(by private notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies if the Government have any information in regard to recent operations in Somaliland?
For County of Argyll, in the room of Sir William Sutherland, K.C.B., one of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of...
Sir Walter de Freece, knight, for the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne.
On this day fortnight, to call attention to the present position of the Railway Superannuation Funds, and to move a Resolution.—[Major Barnett.]
On this day fortnight, to call attention to the necessity for a system of profit-sharing in our industrial system, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. Holmes.]
On this day fortnight, to call attention to certain matters of foreign policy, and to move a Resolution.—[Lieut.-Commonder Ken worthy.]
Order for Second Beading read.
May I ask my right hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury if it is the intention of the Government to alter the programme of business set down?
I beg to move, That this House views with apprehension the slow rate of progress in the building of houses under the Housing and Town Planning Acts. In raising, on the first private Member's...
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