Wednesday, 1 December 1920
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Lanarkshire Tramways Order Confirmation Bill,
Ordered, That the Standing Orders, as amended, be printed. [No. 223.]
7. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether all Admiralty orders, battle orders, fighting instructions, signals, and official reports, bearing on the Battle of Jutland, including the Report...
9. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what has been the total expenditure on the Navy since the Armistice, exclusive of expenses of demobilisation, and showing separately, where possible, the...
10. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether it has been decided to give compensation to naval officers who were prisoners of war in Turkey in respect of the high cost of living which they...
11. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, in view of the need of economy and the cost of paper and printing whether he is aware that the Statistical Report of the Health of the Navy in 1914 was...
12. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the estimated value of the salvage work performed by the engineering and carpenter officers and men in saving H.M.S. "Vimiera" after she was in...
13. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Admiralty will consider the advisability of granting to men on foreign service 15 days' leave for each completed six months of foreign...
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, whether any cabins in small ships are now occupied by officers' servants; if so, what are their duties and status; whether engineers in charge of the...
15. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many admirals are now flying their flags in the ships of the Reserve Fleet; whether in all cases these officers have full staffs; what were the dates...
16. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to the serious explosion of a mine on the South Coast, near Sandgate, on Sunday morning last, which resulted in the...
17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give the findings of the committee which recently visited Devonport to inquire into the accommodation of the sick berth staff at the Royal...
18. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state what capital ships are now in course of construction in the Royal yards and in private yards, respectively; and when it is expected...
19. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can give the House any information regarding the Naval construction programmes of the United States of America and Japan, specifying in each...
21. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether cadets from the training ships "Conway" and "Worcester" are allowed first-class return railway tickets at single fares for the purpose of...
23. asked the Secretary to the Admiralty if his attention has been drawn to a definite statement in the local Press to the effect that there are five Admiralty Departments still housed in the...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has received any further communication from the High Commissioner in Mesopotamia regarding the progress being made by the new Arab Government...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, having regard to the constant raids into the North-west Frontier Province of India extending to the murder and capture of British officers, the...
6. asked the Secretary of State for India what general increases in salaries and what war bonuses have been granted to the staffs at the India Stores, Belvedere Road, S.E., since 1914; whether...
25. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the systematic propaganda which is being carried on, obviously on behalf of interested parties, in the newspapers and...
Sir J. D. REES: 26. asked the Minister of Labour if he will state under what authority he intervenes in the internal dissensions of the baking business, whether relating to the sexes of the...
27. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will take steps to circulate to the Press a list showing the number of ex-service men unemployed in each borough in London; whether the borough council...
30. asked the Minister of Labour why, when there are 18,072 places in the instructional factories, only 8,000 men have been selected for training at the end of the second year after the...
43. asked the Minister of Labour if all unemployed sailors, soldiers, and airmen have now been dealt with by having had suitable employment offered to them; if he will state the numbers of these...
76. asked the Minister of Health (1), how many discharged sailors and soldiers who are suffering from loss of memory or other nervous disability are at present in pauper lunatic asylums; (2), how...
79. asked the Minister of Health what steps are being taken to deal with the tuberculous ex-service men; and whether the Tuberculosis Bill will be passed through all its stages this Session?
94. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office whether he is aware of the increasing dissatisfaction among ex-service men by reason of the delays in the settlement of their injury and...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 34. asked the Minister of Labour whether any departmental inquiries have been held into the minimum wage question since the proposal to introduce a Minimum Wage Commission...
46 and 47. asked the Prime Minister (1) whether he is now in a position to state whether it is correct that in January, 1919, £1,583,000 was paid to the ex-Kaiser as King of Prussia, in...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the erection of permanent iron gates to close in when necessary the approaches to Government buildings in Whitehall; and whether such...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the ever-increasing risks to the police force of this country, he will again consider the advisability of arming that body with something more...
57. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government possesses sufficient powers to deal swiftly and effectively with Sinn Fein outrages in this country; and, if not, whether he will seek them...
58 asked the Prime Minister whether the passport system is being enforced in the case of all Irish wishing to visit this country?
Major BARNES: 52. asked the Prime Minister whether draft mandates for Palestine and Mesopotamia will be published before their submission to the Council of the League of Nations, as requested in...
60. asked the Prime Minister if the representatives of Parliament attending the League of Nations Conference have powers to conclude agreements with the other representatives without reporting...
53. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to a Sinn Fein pamphlet entitled, "The Unanimous Declaration of the Episcopate of Ireland," which purports to be signed or...
80. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he now has information as to whether, on the 25th October last, a band of armed men, who described themselves as secret service agents, entered the...
82. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland the number of police officers and men, if any, kidnapped in Ireland since the 1st January last; the number escaped or restored to liberty; and the number...
54. asked the Prime Minister if he can make any statement as to the possibility of postponing the operation of the Education Act until the finances of the nation bear a better proportion to the...
59. asked the Prime Minister if he will give the latest details of the means being used to punish the late German Emperor, the German princes, the late Austrian Emperor, and all other War...
61. asked the Prime Minister if arrangements have yet been made whereby British creditors of German debtors, whose debts were contracted in Germany prior to August, 1914, will be paid in full at...
69. asked the Minister of Health whether the Government, as signatories of the Treaty of Versailles, undertook by Article 405 of the treaty to bring the draft conventions adopted by the...
63. asked the Prime Minister if the Liquor Control (Temporary Provisions) Bill is to be withdrawn; if so, will he take immediate steps to have the whole of the regulations annulled which have...
66. asked the Lord Privy Seal if, in view of the need of preventing tuberculosis and the delay in putting into operation the Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915, he will take the Second...
Mr. BAR RAND: 67. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the recent statement of the ex-chairman of the Bradford Corporation Finance and General Purposes Committee...
68. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the facts given in the recently-published Report of His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Factories as to the deficiencies in...
70. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the delay in completing certain houses being erected in Nottingham under the Housing Act; whether he is aware that some...
74. asked the Minister of Health what is the cheapest and dearest house which has been passed by his Department both for town and country districts; will he state what is the accommodation...
75. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is still a great shortage of cement and bricks for building purposes; whether his Department has any control over both these...
78. asked the Minister of Health whether he has been informed that the Bridgend and Cow-bridge Board of Guardians have passed a resolution strongly urging the Government to amend paragraph (c) of...
92. asked the Secretary of State for War whether Bowen-Colthurst, the officer involved in the death of Sheehy Skeffington, is now an officer in the Army of Occupation in Ireland; and, if so, what...
91. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the reason of the delay in the return home of Sergeant Henry Frank Walter, No. 201, 602, l/4th Territorial Somerset Light Infantry, who enlisted...
88. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether His Majesty's Government intends to aid in any way the proposal of Reuter's Agency to establish a new cable service for news...
95. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture What are the estimated exportable surpluses of wheat from Argentine, Canada, and the United States for the current wheat year...
103. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that a sale was made in January, 1920, on approximately the same day as the 470 standards of flooring boards were sold to...
101. asked the Minister of Transport if he will forthwith issue a Return showing the mileage, capital, and net receipts in the year 1913 of the railways of Great Britain included in Groups 1, 2,...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs if Kemalist Turkish forces have attacked the Armenian Republic; if after sanguinary battles the Armenian troops were forced to...
That they have agreed to,—
Lords Amendments to be considered Tomorrow, and to be printed. [Bill 249.]
Mr. SPEAKER informed the House that he had received the following letters relating to the imprisonment of Members:—
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £200,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £73,629, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £150,905, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
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