Tuesday, 15 June 1920
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
City of London (Various Powers) Bill [Lords],
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether His Majesty's Government still hold Russian prisoners at Constantinople, the Dardanelles, or other parts of Turkey; how many of...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any information as to the progress of negotiations for an armistice between the Russian forces and those of General Wrangel;...
Mr. MALONE: 44. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the mass meetings of British workers held every Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Grosvenor Square to protest...
Mr. MALONE: 49. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the desire of large numbers of workers in this country to save the workers' republic in Russia, any difficulties will be placed in the...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state what is the present position with regard to the Baghdad railway; how far the result of the War and the dismemberment of...
Sir F. HALL: 41. asked the Secretary of State for Air if he can state approximately the total number of airships and aeroplanes possessed by Germany at the time of the Armistice; what portion of...
46. asked the Prime Minister what guarantees the Allies have obtained from the Greek Government that they will preserve the religious institutions of the Moslems in Thrace and Asia Minor and that...
Sir F. HALL: 47. asked the Prime Minister, if any decision has yet been come to as to the date when the trial of the German war criminals will be commenced; if the procedure to be adopted as...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the agreement between Greece and Italy as to the future of the islands of the Dodecanese is a private one between these two nations or has been brought to the...
Sir F. HALL: 3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been called to the report of the disturbances which took place recently at the German Consulate at...
18. asked the Secretary of State for War whether any decision has been come to regarding the future of the Scots, Irish, and Welsh Guards regiments; whether these regiments are at present below...
25. asked the Secretary of State for War if he can state when the medal promised by him many months ago to the Territorials who volunteered for foreign service in 1914 will be ready; can he...
27. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state what is the present annual cost of the experimental ground at Porton; whether any decision has been arrived at as to its future; and...
Mr. PRESTON: 28. asked the Secretary of State for War whether a soldier who has been demobilised in 1920 and has been granted a protection certificate (soldier not remaining with the colours) can...
Mr. PALMER: 6. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, before committing the country to expenditure in reclothing the Army in pre-War uni- forms, he will give orders for pattern uniforms of...
33. asked the Secretary of State for War what British or Indian troops have been stationed at Hodeidah, on the Red Sea, during the past six months; with what object were they stationed there and...
36 and 37. asked the Secretary of State for War (1) whether Irish regiments have requested permission to use the bagpipes; whether the War Office propose to accede to this request; (2) whether...
8. asked the Secretary of State for War if he can give any information regarding the objects of the visit of General Sir John Cowans to Mesopotamia; is he travelling at Government expense; if...
9. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a number of ex-service men were recently engaged to work at the Curragh Camp in Ireland, and undertook to work 66 hours a week;...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the scheme of the Civil Service Whitley Council fixing 35 as a maximum age of entry into the established Civil Service;...
87. asked the Minister of Labour how many ex-service men in Irland are at present in receipt of the out-of-work donation; what is their percentage of unemployment as contrasted with that of...
Mr. FREDERICK GREEN: 29. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that the Territorial Force is being reconstituted as a self-contained citizen army on a popular basis,...
35. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can give any details regarding the origin, nature of, and casualties in the recent out-break of trouble at Abu Tafar, near Mosul, Mesopotamia;...
38. asked the Financial Secretary to the War Office the approxi- mate sum of money that was paid during 1917 and the first six months of 1918 by order of the War Office, either direct to the...
Mr. PALMER: 40. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the fact that it is not obligatory upon officers of the Royal Air Force to equip themselves with swords, but that it is...
42. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can see his way to effect any reduction in the sum of 7s. 6d. at present charged for passports, issued by the Passport Office, Lake...
43. asked the Home Secretary what is the average number of police officers it is intended to employ during week-ends for the special duty of detecting infringements of the Motor Car Act in the...
52. asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to proceed with the Committee stage of the Finance Bill; and when the Government Amendments in regard to the Excess Profits Duty will be tabled?
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange that the forms asking for a return for assessment for Income Tax and Super-tax may be sent in duplicate in order to save...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will grant the Return asked for by the Member for West Derbyshire?—[Return giving the names of Members of the House of Commons who hold...
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Civil Service Commissioners have made unfavourable recommendations as to the employment of women administrative officers in their Department...
The following Questions stood on the Paper in the name of Mr. G. Terrell:
Sir J. HOPE: 64. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he has considered the application from a conference of Scottish local authorities that Government grants in aid of local expenditure...
65. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether any of the cases removed to hospital as suffering from small-pox during the present outbreak in Glasgow have been vaccinated at any time during the...
66. asked the Minister of Pensions how many soldiers who are suffering from the amputation of a leg have been provided with their second artificial limb; and how many such soldiers are still...
67. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware of the indignation which has been expressed in Perth at the action of the Regional Director for Scotland in not confirming the appointment...
71. asked the Minister of Food if he can state the quantities of jam imported into the United Kingdom from Australia during the past 12 months, and the amount of the same placed upon the home...
72. asked the Minister of Food whether his attention has been called to the speeches of one of his officials named Mr. Woodhouse, in which he stated that his Department was able to supply better...
73. asked the Minister of Food whether he will state the tonnage held by members of the potato allocation authority in Scotland at November, 1918, as per their returns to the Board of...
74. asked the Minister of Food what quantities of bacon, fish, and other foodstuffs have been condemned and destroyed or used in other ways than as food since 1st January, 1920?
76. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether, in view of the importance to traders and the public, that the portions of the Victoria and Albert Museum now occupied by a certain staff of the...
81. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the weekly or monthly cost of the staff of the Civil Liabilities Department in October, 1919, and April, 1920; the number of claims dealt with by...
77. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether his Department has made an offer to erect a certain number of houses in Louth, Lincoln; whether such offer has been accepted; and, if so, what is...
78. asked the Minister of Transport if and when he proposes to reconsider the present heavy charges made for the carriage of bicycles by rail, with the view to some reasonable reduction therein,...
80. asked the President of the Board of Education if he is aware of the great difficulties in the way of uncertificated assistant school teachers who are due to have a two years' course of...
90. asked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will state the amount of grants made to various companies, firms, and persons during the War; to whom they were made; the reasons for making them;...
91. asked the Secretary of State for India what action the Government of India have taken, or propose to take, to give effect to the recommendation of Lord Selborne's Committee regarding the...
"to provide for payment of additional allowances to superannuated Poor Law officers and servants in necessitous cases," presented by Mr. ORMSBY-GORE; supported by Dr. Macdonald, Mr. Townley, Sir...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee B.
Bootle Corporation Bill [Lords],
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following fifteen Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Gas Regulation Bill): Sir Ryland Adkins,...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee D; Mr. Munro.
That they have agreed to,—
Considered in Committee.
Considered in Committee [SEVENTH DAY].
(1) There shall be a Session of the Parliament of Southern Ireland and of the Parliament of Northern Ireland once at least in every year, so that twelve months shall not intervene between the...
The Lord Lieutenant shall give and withhold the assent of His Majesty to Bills passed by the House of Commons of Southern Ireland or the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, subject to the...
"(1) The House of Commons of Southern Ireland shall consist of one hundred and twenty-eight Members returned by the constituencies in Ireland named in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act,...
(1) All existing election laws relating to the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom and the Members thereof shall, so far as applicable and subject to the provisions of this Act, and...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
(1) The powers, privileges, and immunities of the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, and of the Members and of the Committees thereof, shall be...
I beg to move, "That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again." This Clause is very important, and I should have thought it would have been more to the convenience of the...
Order for Second Reading read.
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