Wednesday, 8 December 1920
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
2. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, considering that Rule 22 of the Government Servants' Conduct Rules lays down that no Government servant shall subscribe in aid of any political...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India the number of volun- tary enrolments in India up to date under the Auxiliary Force Act, and how this number compares with the number that were enrolled...
7. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the fact that the rules for the election of Burma's representatives to the Council of State and the Indian Legislative Assembly are...
8. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can now state what has been done to reconstruct the Royal Naval Reserves; whether recruiting has as yet been recommenced; if not, when it will...
9. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that many pre-War pensioners entitled to increased pensions have not yet been paid, and in several cases no application forms have...
10. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to demands for the scrapping of the British Navy and its reconstruction on more up-to-date lines; whether any such...
11. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the full Report of the Harper Committee on the Battle of Jutland has been supplied to the Royal Naval Staff College for the use of...
14. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is in a position to state whether the fore-and-aft rig can now be granted to all petty officers?
17. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the extensive naval programmes entered upon by the United States of America and Japan, and the fact that no capital ships are being...
18. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that, in order to obtain recruits for the sick-berth staff, the physical standard has been considerably reduced, the...
21. asked the, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when the Admiralty will decide on the number of paymaster-lieutenants, commissioned writers, and warrant writers who are to be retained in...
19. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether officers and other ratings in the Royal Navy and civilians in the employment of the Admiralty, who are killed or wounded when on...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the statement recently published in the Press, from a New York correspondent, to the effect that Mr. de Valera, the so-called...
88. 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...
89. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he will state whether Bowen Coulthurst, the officer involved in the death of Sheehy Skeffington, and the man Iledfearn, recently charged with the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Chief Secretary whether he has seen the statement that on Monday and Tuesday last a large force of Auxiliaries held up the main streets of Cork, searching every...
23. asked the Minister of Labour which of the borough councils in London are not as yet on the King's Roll; and will he state what replies he has had to representations made to them upon the subject?
25. asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider the claims of ex-service men who, on being demobilised, endeavoured to start in life without applying for a State training grant, but...
27. asked the Minister of Labour whether the negotiations with the building trades unions which have been in progress for the past 16 months to allow dilution so that at least 50,000...
Dr. MURRAY: 38. asked the Minister of Labour what was the number of unemployéd ex-service men on the registers of the unemployment exchanges on the last available date?
40. asked the Minister of Health if substitution committees, as recommended by Lord Lytton's Committee, to ensure the continued employment of ex-service men in the Civil Service have been set up...
26. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that at Manchester a certain firm recently received a contract to build 1,000 brick houses; that, as there were not sufficient bricklayers to...
68. asked the Minister of Health in how many cases building schemes are being carried out under the Office of Works; and whether any of the men employéd on these schemes are not members of...
28. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the dissatisfaction of the various bank clerks on account of their being compelled to pay contributions for the State Unemployment Insurance...
36. asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give an estimate of the number of operatives in the cotton industry who are on half-time?
Colonel NEWMAN: 39. asked the Minister of Labour whether, having regard to the admitted need of economy in his as well as other Government Departments, and to the fact that the Committee of...
43. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Lunacy Board of Control, in a statement dated 16th November, 1920, have declared that the only section of the Lunacy Act, 1890, which...
44. asked the Minister of Health what was the income under the National Health Act for the last completed financial year, and the amounts paid for administration, sickness and other benefits, and...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether any further information has been received with regard to the fate of the two British officers, Captain Frecheville and Lieutenant Couche, supposed to have...
53. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the importance of the subject in the interests of public health and the delay that has occurred in dealing with it, he will arrange for the...
46. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that it is the wish and desire of all members of clubs in Wales that the opening hours on Sunday evenings should be from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m.; whether...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the urgent necessity of securing for laboratory and other purposes a sufficient supply of the different kinds of glass used in the...
52. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that the Wimbledon War Pensions Committee say that the pensions fixed in September, 1919, were at the rate of approximately 10 per cent. below the then...
Colonel NEWMAN: 57. asked the Prime Minister whether the Cabinet Committee who are considering the cost of national education have before them the report of the Departmental Committee on...
62. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the practice of various Departments of submitting Supplementary Estimates for the sanction of the House to expenditure which...
71. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of his promise to introduce legislation during the present Session of Parliament for the purpose of carrying out the recommendations of the...
72. asked the Minister of Health if he has received any information from the West Ham Board of Guardians to the effect that they will shortly be called upon to deal within the Union area with...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 79. asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the great need for exercising economy in the carrying into effect of the arterial road schemes on which unemployéd...
74. asked the Minister of Health the number of uncertified deaths that were reported to the coroners during the year 1919; how many of these were the subjects of inquests or were decided by the...
80. asked the Minister of Health if the Marlborough workhouse has now only a master and matron in charge of that institution; and, if so, whether this is a sufficient staff to secure the good...
83. asked the Minister of Health whether the promised Government Bill to deal with damage by subsidence to houses and other property in mining districts is ready for presentation to the House;...
84. asked the Minister of Food what work is being performed by the Shipping Branch of the Ministry of Food at Trafalgar House, Waterloo Place, as distinct from the Royal Commission for Wheat?
85. asked the Minister of Food whether he has received any representations from traders' asso ciations to the effect that traders in sugar have been involved in financial loss as a result of the...
86. asked the Minister of Food if he is aware of the great hardship inflicted upon retail co-operative socie ties and retail dealers generally owing to- the reduction of 4s. per sack on flour; is...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 87. asked the Minister of Food what is the total quan tity of foodstuffs, including flour and coffee, stored in the Midlesbrough area, giving full particulars of the quantities on...
92. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that a preference on (British-Empire goods came into force in Malta on 13th March last, and was cancelled on 22nd...
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 96. asked the Secretary of State for War what number of men and women are now employéd for exhumation and other work, respectively, under the War Graves Commission;...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the negotiations for an advance in wages of 12s. per week for men employéd in the tramways industry have broken...
I desire to call the attention of the House to a matter of privilege, to a very serious and libellous and intimidating statement which was made in the "Daily Mail" newspaper on Monday. I will be...
Mr. TYSON WILSON: May I ask the Leader of the House what business it is proposed to take to-day and on Friday?
reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had appointed Sir Samuel Roberts to act as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills (in respect of the Housing (Scotland) Bill and the...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Member to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Bill [Lords]): Sir...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Fifteen Members to Standing Committee B (in respect of the Dye-stuffs (Import Regulation)...
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
This Act in its application to Ireland shall have effect with the following modifications:—
(1) During a period of three years from the passing of this Act, and for the purpose of the development of a garden city, in accordance with a scheme approved by the Minister, the Public Works...
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(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority for the purposes of Part II of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, to cause their district to be inspected at least once in every year...
(1) For the purposes of Section seventeen of the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909, the representation of the medical officer of health that a dwelling-house is in a state so dangerous...
(1) For the purpose of providing houses any authority, being a local authority within the meaning of Part III of the Housing of Working Classes Act, 1890, shall have power to hire compulsorily...
The House is aware that we have fixed 8.15 for discussion of the Motion which the hon. and gallant Member for Finsbury (Lieut.-Colonel Archer-Shee) has been given leave to move; but on reflection...
Postponed Proceedings resumed on Consideration of Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee).
(1) Sub-section (2) of Section one of the Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919 (which proscribes the conditions under which grants may be made to persons constructing houses), shall have effect...
Section five of the Housing (Additional Powers) Act, 1919 (which gives power to local authorities to prohibit building operations which interfere with the provision of dwelling houses), shall be...
(2) The council of any county or district in the area in which a scheme is being carried out as aforesaid shall have power, with the approval of the Minister, to borrow money for the purposes of...
The rate of interest on advances under section one of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 1899, and on any expenses recoverable by a local authority under section two hundred and sixteen of the...
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act a person shall not, if the required con- ditions are complied with, be liable to any penalty for receiving to board, lodging, or taking charge of for...
(1) The council of a county shall on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Minister have power— (a) to acquire by agreement with any Poor Law authority any existing Poor Law...
(1) No person shall sell offer for sale supply or deliver any clinical thermometer unless the thermometer has been tested approved and marked in accordance with Regulations made under this...
In Section one hundred and eighty-nine of the Public Health Act 1875 (which gives power to urban authorities to appoint certain officers) the words "sanitary inspector or sanitary inspectors"...
(2) The operation of paragraph (2) of Section two hundred and thirty-four of the Public Health Act 1875 (which relates to the exercise of borrowing powers) shall be suspended during the period of...
A local authority within the meaning of Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 may subject to the approval of the Minister contribute to the expenses of any local savings...
(1) The council of a county or a Metro politan borough or the common council of tho City of London may subject to the approval of the Minister appropriate for any purpose for which they may be...
SECOND SCHEDULE PART I. References to The Public Health (Ireland) Acts.1878 to 19]9 to be substituted for references to The Public Health Act, 1875. Sections of The Public Health Act 1875....
1. Where a local authority propose to hire a house compulsorily under this Act they may make an Order for the purpose in the prescribed form.
Considered in Committee:
[Sir E. CORNWALL in the Chair.]
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