Thursday, 9 December 1920
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
2. asked the Minister of Pensions upon what lines the Departmental Committee of Inquiry into the administration of pensions and other grants has been constituted, and why representatives of...
5. asked the Minister of Pensions why the total pension of E. C. Hughes, late Private, No. 201176, l/4th Northants Regiment, has been totally stopped although, after many months' treatment for...
8. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of officers and nurses drawing retired pay?
9. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of officers' widows receiving pensions?
10. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of officers and dependants receiving allowances?
Colonel NEWMAN: 11. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has received resolutions from Local War Pensions Committees that delay is constantly experienced, and forms a legitimate ground of...
Mr. HERBERT: 12. asked the Minister of Pensions if pensioner J. Surridge, of 88, Victoria Road, Edmonton, who lost a leg in the War, has been out of work for two years; whether he and his wife...
15. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Huntley, widow of Private James Huntley, No. 15893, Northumberland Fusiliers, about which the hon....
14. asked the Minister of Pensions the cost of the conversion of the Buttrills Camp, Barry, Glamorgan, into a convalescent treatment and training centre for the wounded?
Mr. T. WILSON: 13. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of permanent Civil servants at present employed in the Ministry of Pensions?
16. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he has yet completed the inquiries into the damaging to the extent of £2,000 of the co-operative creamery at Abbeydorney and the assault on...
17. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, following on the murder of 15 auxiliary police in an ambush near Macroom on 28th November last, many houses and shops in the vicinity were...
Lieut.-Colonel ALLEN: 22. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether any understanding has been arrived at between the national teachers of Ireland and the education authorities on the...
23. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can state when the increases of pension authorised by the Increases of Pension Act will be issued to the pensioners of the Royal Irish...
30. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will indemnify all sufferers from the activities of the Sinn Feiners in this country, whether the injuries be to persons or to property?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 50. asked the Prime Minister if any negotiations that may be entered into arising out of the willingness of the Government to explore all avenues that might lead to a...
65. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland if he is aware that much misapprehension is caused both at home and abroad by statements and questions so framed that they convey the impression that...
67. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now in a position to say whether the Death Duties (Killed in War) Act, 1914, and the Finance Act, 1918, apply to officers and men of His...
25. asked the Prime Minister if advantage will be taken of the provisions of the Order-in-Council of January, 1910, to ask all Civil Servants who have attained the age of 60 years and over to...
26. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that many employés in the British glass industry, largely built up during the War, are being daily discharged owing to the fact that the present...
31. asked the Prime Minister what is the total amount of wheat which has been bought or is held by the Wheat Commission on behalf of the Government; what is the present value of all such...
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 106. asked the Minister of Food whether, when the price of flour was advanced last September, the retailer was protected against loss but prevented from making a profit...
33. asked the Prime Minister whether the Admiralty have decided as yet on the future shipbuilding policy of the Navy; if so, whether it is the intention to build capital ships; and whether a...
34. asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the advisability of initiating an international conference called together to discuss the mutual difficulties of industrialists throughout the...
35. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the dissatisfaction that prevails amongst the few recipients of the Victory Medal with regard to its tawdriness and...
39. asked the Prime Minister why it is necessary to devise machinery in accordance with the law and practice of the constitution, in order to give effect to the decisions of the Washington...
40. asked the Prime Minister whether he has now received information that at the International Postal Conference at Madrid a proposal was made that the British Empire should be allowed one vote...
41. asked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to consider the bringing together under one roof of the Ministries of Munitions, Shipping and Food, and to place them under one director, whose...
42. asked the Prime Minister what is the cost per month of our occupation of Palestine; what, if anything, is the return; and whether the time has now arrived for us to relieve ourselves of this...
43. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the fact that no commermoration has ever been held in this country which so touched the hearts of the people as did the burial of the unknown...
44. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the attacks by a certain syndicate of daily and weekly newspapers upon Members of this House whereby Members who voted in certain...
Colonel NEWMAN: 45. asked the Prime Minister the position at present reached with regard to the resumption of trade relations between this country and Russia; and if the negotiations, if there be...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the statement in the Press that the South Australian House of Assembly at Adelaide has decided to grant the privilege of free...
47. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that the French and the Italian Governments recognise that the Turkish Treaty is unjust and unworkable, the British Government agree with their two...
57. asked the Prime Minister what is the total number of guns, rifles, and aeroplanes surrendered or destroyed by the Germans under Allied supervision since the Armistice, excluding naval...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 58. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the Government have any information regarding the Report that the Main Committee of the German Reichstag have approved the...
May I ask you, Sir, a question concerning the future powers of the House? The terms of the mandate to be assumed by the British Empire under the terms of the Peace Treaties have to be submitted...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether any of the hymns sung at the recent burial of the unknown warrior were written by the Poet Laureate; whether, in connection with that solemn event on the...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the statement that the City Corporation propose to proceed shortly with the building of the new St. Paul's Bridge; whether he...
55. asked the Prime Minister whether any financial assistance has at any time been either given or promised to Greece for the Greek Army in Asia Minor?
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 69. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, when sanctioning travelling expenses of members of the public on public business, he will provide that only third-class...
70. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements have been made, in view of the impossibility of assessing jointly a married couple, in the case of the husband being a weekly wage...
71. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men and women, exclusive of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and post office employés, were employed in Government Departments on the 1st of...
72. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount already received by the Treasury during the current financial year on account of sales by the Disposal Board, sale of ships, and...
73. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of the National Debt at the latest convenient date under the sub-heads, bonds and bills, war loans, foreign debt, and Consols?
74. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the advertisement of the Canadian Government in the British Press announcing that passengers...
75. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made by the League of Nations in collecting the sum of £2,000,000 to conduct the campaign against typhus in...
76. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether an Ambassador for Brazil and a Minister for Poland have now been appointed?
79. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the names of the countries represented on the Rhine Commission; how many representatives each country has; what are the...
86. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the average annual number of aliens who were naturalised as British subjects prior to the War; the numbers who have been dealt with in...
88. asked the Home Secretary whether the Report of His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Factories on the conditions of sanitary accommodation in factories and workshops reveals a deplorable low...
91. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any Report regarding the question of slavery has been received from the Governor of Hong Kong; and, if so, if it is the intention...
82. asked the President of the Board of Education the number of free places awarded under Article 20 of the Regulation for Secondary Schools in the administrative county of Somerset and to pupils...
Colonel NEWMAN: 84. asked the President of the Board of Education whether the direction contained in the Education Act, 1918, that the local education authority may, and when required by the...
85. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has received any estimate of the costs of building and equipment of the necessary new continuation schools under the Act of 1918; and...
92. asked the First Commissioner of Works whether he anticipates the £200,000 voted to hi3 Department on the 1st instant under Supplementary Estimate, Class 1, 10b, will be refunded to the...
94. asked the First Com missioner of Works how many depôts his Department has in London and for what goods they are used; and will he state if such buildings are the property of the...
36 asked the Prime Minister (1) whether his attention has been called to the expense involved in holding inquiries into extension schemes under Section 54 of the Local Government Act, 1888;...
98. asked the Ministry of Transport whether there is a legal maximum width and length for motor lorries and chars-à-banc; and, if not, will he introduce legislation to limit the width and...
102. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that efforts were made to settle through the Joint Industrial Council a dispute between the employers in the road transport industry and the...
99. asked the Minister of Transport the number of Ministry of Transport offices, if any, situated in the provinces; where they are situated; the number of the staff employed by each: and the...
101. asked the Minister of Labour what is the percentage increase allowed for newspapers in estimating the increased cost of living since 1914?
105. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that in many parts of the country constructional work is being seriously held up owing to a shortage of cement; that this state...
May I ask the Leader of the House if he will state what will be the business for next week; and may I also ask him whether the notice of Motion standing in his name to-day, that the proceedings...
That they have agreed to, Pier and Harbour Provisional Order (No. 3) Bill,Pier and Harbour Provisional Orders (No. 4) Bill, without Amendment.
Fourth Report brought up, and read, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices.
Reported, without Amendment, from Standing Committee E.
I beg to move, That this House will not sanction Expenditure for 1921–22 in excess of £808,000,000, the amount estimated as being necessary for a normal year by the Chancellor of the...
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN: The question raised by the Motion before the House is a grave one, and I am not sure that a still graver question does not lie behind it in the events of the last few days,...
There will be, therefore, a great variation in detail from the Estimates which I presented. The Budget estimate of expenditure was £1,418,300,000, of which I think the House should remember...
On the revenue side, the Budget Estimate was also £1,418,000,000. Again there will be very considerable variations under the different heads, but I am advised—and it is the best...
May I ask the House for a moment to consider what progress has been made in the liquidation of Departments and of services which were created during and in consequence of the War? Thirteen...
In pursuance of the policy of reducing national expenditure, the Cabinet are acting upon the following principles in preparing the Budget for the Financial Year 1921–22:
Considered in Committee.
Resolutions reported, That there shall be charged on and issued out of the Consolidated Fund, in accordance with the directions of the Treasury, a sum equal to the proceeds of the duties on...
Resolution reported, That for the purpose of calculating the amount of the fluty chargeable on a licence for a vehicle under the Second Schedule to The Finance Act, 1920, the expression "weight...
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, of such Salary as may become payable to the Registrar General of Births, Deaths,...
Resolution reported, That, for the purpose of any Act of the present Session to amend the law relating to Housing in Scotland, and for purposes in connection therewith, it is expedient to...
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