Monday, 26 April 1920
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Price's Patent Candle Company Bill [Lords],
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state when the Report of the Committee to inquire into the recent increase of Messrs. Coats' cotton will be laid upon the Table; and...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade the cost of wages per ton of coal at the pit's mouth, the number of persons employed in the coalmining industry, and the output per person for the...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the shortage of domestic coal and of anthracite for use in gas engines in the town of Ballymena, County Antrim; and what steps he...
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the serious shortage of coal at Broughton, near Kettering; whether he is aware that workmen from the neighhouring ironstone...
18. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the intention of the Coal Controller to increase the price of coal not less than 10 per cent. per ton; and when the rise is expected to...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that it became necessary for the directors of the Wrexham Gas Company, which is a statutory undertaking, to apply to the Board of...
Major MURRAY: 4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now call for a Report, in regard to the high prices for Scottish building stone charged at the quarry mouth, from the...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the fact that watches and clocks and other articles of this nature which are manufactured in Germany are brought into this country...
29. asked the Prime Minister whether the allocation of ex-German ships to our Allies and to Great Britain so far decided can now be stated; and if he can state whether any ships and, if so, which...
38. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to a report of an explosion in the munitions factory at Rothenstein, resulting in the death of more than 94 persons; whether he...
66. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information as to the approximate number of Russian prisoners of war in Germany; whether any steps are being taken for...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state what were the average prices of best-quality 22 oz. worsted suitings for the years 1914 and 1919; and what are the corresponding...
Colonel NEWMAN: 7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the present total weekly consumption in carcases of Colonial meat as compared with a corresponding week in...
Captain COOTE: 11. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is his intention to re-impose the control on wool; and, if so, will he endeavour to give due notice of the fact so that...
12. asked what action it is proposed to take in connection with the finding of the Sub-Committee set up under the Profiteering Act which investigated the electric lamp industry?
13. asked what action it is proposed to take in connection with the findings of the Committee set up under the Profiteering Act which investigated the sewing cotton industry?
14. asked what action it is proposed to take in connection with the findings of the Committee set up under the Profiteering Act which investigated the supply and prices of worsted yarns.
17. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now state what action it is proposed to take in connection with the findings of the Committee set up under the Profiteering Act which...
20. asked whether, in view of the recent increase in freight rates, he will institute an inquiry under the Profiteering Act into the profits of ship-owners and the justification for any increase...
15. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give any further information respecting the attempts to find oil by boring in Derbyshire and other counties; if the Derbyshire well...
19. asked what total imports have been recorded as entering Great Britain from the United States of America and France, as also from Germany and Austria since the Armistice.
24. asked the Minister of Transport whether anything is being done, or will be done, to revise and to standardise all road signs now in use throughout Great Britain with a view to eliminating...
58. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will draw the attention of the Road Transport Committee of his Department to the excessive noise made by certain road vehicles, especially road...
60. asked the Minister of Transport if he will consider the early advisability of doubling the main line from Truro to Falmouth, in view of the growing importance of Falmouth as a ship-building...
61. asked the Minister of Transport whether, during the forth coming holiday months, the railway companies will grant the pre-War privileges of tourist tickets, namely, permission to break the...
62. asked the Minister of Transport whether he can now announce the decision of the Government as regards the Report of the Advisory Committee on London Traffic recommending the setting up of a...
63. asked the Minister of Transport what steps have been taken by him to utilise the canals of the country for slow-going traffic?
64. asked the Minister of Transport when he will be able to give details of his plans for assisting endeavour and progress in civil aviation?
Mr. DOYLE: 65. asked the Minister of Transport whether the panel of experts to act as advisory committees under Section 23 (1) of the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, has yet been set up; and...
25. asked the Prime Minister whether there is a body known as the Women's Central Advisory Committee for the selection of women magistrates in existence; if so, under what law or Act of...
26. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that passports have been refused to Miss Evelyn Sharpe and Mr. Arthur Watts, British subjects, who are anxious to proceed to Poland in connection...
27. asked the Prime Minister whether he will cause a Report or Reports to be forthwith presented to this House describing the actual state of things in Ireland, including particularly the extent...
36. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government have yet come to any decision in regard to the limitation of Debate on the Government of Ireland Bill?
45. asked the Prime Minister whether, to encourage the members of the Royal Irish Constabulary, he will reconsider the scale of pre-War pensions granted to ex-members of the force, many of whom...
(by Private Notice) asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is in a position to announce any change in the Government's Irish policy, whether raids and arrests in connection with political offences...
(by Private Notice) asked the Attorney-General for Ireland whether he can give any information about the reported murder of two policemen at Upton, in County Cork, on Sunday; the wounding of a...
28. asked the Prime Minister when the Government propose to introduce the Bill referred to in the King's Speech to encourage and develop the fishing industry?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 31. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the issue of the British war medal has been authorised to all coastguards with 28 days' mobilised service, but is...
32. asked the Prime Minister if he will state when the Treaty, or Pact, of London, 1915, will be laid upon the Table, as promised by His Majesty's Government?
33. asked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement as to the progress of the negotiations that are taking place between the co-operative representatives of the Bolshevik Government...
34. asked the Prime Minister, whether any decision has been arrived at by the British Government with reference to the recognition of the new Baltic States.
35. asked the Prime Minister whether the Soviet Government have replied to the request to protect the remains of the volunteer army in South Russia that they will comply with the request if the...
37. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a Report was made to the War Office that Captain W. R. Freshfield and a brother officer serving in Southern Russia were missing and supposed...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether private firms will be allowed to negotiate trade transactions with the representatives of Russia independent of the Supreme Council?
68. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Panitchkin, commissary of the 136th Cavalry, has been executed by the orders of the central Soviet Government; and whether he...
72. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the negotiations with Russia have broken down because His Majesty's Government refuse to allow Litvinoff to come to England and...
41. asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the fact that there was a distinct understanding between His Majesty's Treasury and the Disposal Board by which the commission or a share in the sales...
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 42. asked the Prime Minister whether he will state the nature and composition of the inquiry that is being held into the recent disturbances in Jerusalem; and whether it is...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether he will lay before the House, or secure the publication of, the correspondence which has passed between the Supreme Council of the Allies and the Council of...
Lieut.-Colonel MALONE: 47. asked the Prime Minister when it is intended to introduce the promised legislation for the reform of the Second Chamber?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 49. asked the Prime Minister if the French Government is satisfied, as the result of the investigations of the Allied Aeronautical Commission, that the provisions of...
53. asked the Prime Minister whether the House will have an opportunity of discussing any Amendment of the Peace Treaty proposed by the Government to the Allies?
74. asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether advantage could be taken of the Confer- ence now sitting at San Remo by submitting a suggestion that the present is an appropriate time...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether the questions of Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia have been, or will be, discussed at the conference at San Remo; and, if so, whether any decision has yet...
78. asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the uncertainty of the boundaries of Armenia and Azerbaidjan is the cause of repeated conflicts for which each side is...
80. I beg on behalf of my hon. and gallant Friend (Lieut.-Colonel Malone) to ask the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether any steps have been taken to select for any of the administrative...
51. asked the Prime Minister to state when the Anti-Dumping Bill will be introduced.
52. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that in consequence of the 1st of May falling on a Saturday a very large number of organised workers in the country have decided to recognise that as a...
55. asked the Lord Privy Seal how many and which Government Departments have publicity, propaganda, or publication Departments which issue, at regular or irregular intervals, notices to the...
56. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the Cabinet Committee inquiring into the position of pre-War pensioners has collected any information from the various Government Departments; and whether he...
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON: 57. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the Government will pay the expenses of a test case in the Courts in regard to the legality of treating a wife's income as part of her...
67. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he can give the House any information as to the reported rising in Damascus; what is the cause of it; and are any British troops...
69. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a service of trains has now been arranged between Ostend and Central Europe; and, if so, upon what date the service will commence?
Sir J D. REES: 70. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether he will inquire into the linguistic tests exacted in the diplomatic service, in view to ascertaining whether, in...
71. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Danish Government has at any time made representations to the International Plebiscite Commission asking that the result of...
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 73. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether both the military and diplomatic representatives of Great Britain have been withdrawn from Albania;...
Major LOWTHER: 75. asked the Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether the British Government has any diplomatic agent accredited to the Mexican Government; if so, what is his rank and status;...
81. asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the freedom of British subjects to trade through certain open ports in Korea at a fixed tariff will expire in August of...
82. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether he is aware that wholesale timber-cutting is still in progress, apparently on Government account, in the woods near...
83. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture whether tenants of agricultural holdings who have depreciated the value thereof by ploughing up permanent pasture at the...
On a point of Order. May I ask you, Mr. Speaker, having regard to the fact that not 30 per cent. of the questions were reached to-day, and that nearly 30 per cent. of the questions which were...
"to provide for the extension to Scotland of Part IV. of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894," presented by Sir ROBERT HORNE; supported by Mr. Munro, Mr. Bridgeman, and Colonel Leslie Wilson; to be...
"to promote the welfare of Blind Persons," presented by Dr. ADDISON; supported by Mr. Munro; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 84.]
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee A.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £169,810, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
I beg to move, " That this House do now adjourn." I want to call attention to the continuous growth of crime and disorder in Ireland. I do not think any hon. Member of this House, in whatever...
Again considered in Committee.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Question proposed on consideration of Question, That a sum, not exceeding £169,810, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the...
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