Wednesday, 20 April 1921
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
South Metropolitan Gas Bill [Lords],
For the Borough of Hastings, in the room of LAUKANCK LYON, Esquire (Manor of Northstead).—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
Address for "Return showing (a) Particulars of all Aliens to whom Certificates of Naturalisation have been issued, and whose Oaths of Allegiance have, during the year ended the 31st day of...
1. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has communicated already with the French Government, intimating to them his intention immediately to reduce the price for a...
2. asked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is in possession of the terms of the agreement between the Turkish Nationalist Government and France and Italy, respectively;...
3. asked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether there are still Serbian troops within the 1913 frontiers of Albania; whether he is aware that a number of Albanian villages...
18. asked the Minister of Labour whether aliens who are not naturalised in this country, or who remain subject to foreign countries, receive unemployment pay; if so, can he state the number; and...
22. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the large number of share fishermen who are out of employment; whether he is aware that the majority of these men were...
25. asked the Minister of Labour if he can give the House any approximate estimate of the number of men and women thrown out of work in other trades through the stoppage in the coal industry?
26. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that there are 6,000 miners out of employment, since 26th February, in the Ebbw Vale district; that these men were stopped owing to the...
Captain TERRELL: 15. asked the Minister of Labour the amount of unemployment donation paid out in this country in the weeks ending 2nd April and 9th April, respectively?
5. asked the Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can inform the House as to the present intentions of the Government of the United States with regard to representation upon the...
51. asked the Prime Minister if any of our Allies are imposing a 50 per cent, charge on German goods imported into their countries in order to obtain the payment of amounts due for reparation; if...
10. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the great discontent prevailing amongst chief petty officers of all branches at the pattern of the new cap badge for...
11. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the accountant branch of the Royal Navy being the only body of men in the Navy, Army, or Air Force in which, during the...
12. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Admiralty has inquired for quotations for Canadian or American coal; and with what result?
14. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when those commissioned warrant officers who have passed the necessary examinations will be promoted lieutenants
7. asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what sums were realised during the War from the sale of fish caught by His Majesty's ships; and how such moneys have been disposed of?
9. asked the Secretary to the Admiralty what ships are employed on fishing protection duties in the area around the Moray Firth; what is the speed and armament of these vessels; when they...
19. asked the Minister of Labour if he will use his good offices with the Watch and Clock Trade Union on behalf of an ex-service man, F. Niblett, of Batheaston, who lost both legs in the War; and...
21. asked the Minister of Labour if it is intended to close down the Appointments Department; how it is proposed to continue the training of those ex-service men who are now undergoing a course;...
17. asked the Minister of Labour whether the first ex-service man has yet commenced work under the Government building scheme
Colonel NEWMAN: 24. asked the Minister of Labour whether in connection with the League of Nations there has been established any labour section which takes cognisance from an international...
31. asked the Minister of Health the amount, if any, still available for the relief of British refugees from Russia; and how many are still being assisted?
32. asked the Minister of Health the proportion of four-roomed cottages suitable for young married couples and couples without children that he considers should be built under present...
33. asked the Minister of Health whether he can state to what extent the alteration of the economic and financial conditions of the country has led his Department to modify the estimate of the...
37. asked the Minister of Health the number of new houses built and ready for occupation since the War in the County of London up till 31st March last; and what number have been built by the...
Colonel NEWMAN: 53. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to a statement made by the head of the Russian Communist Government that this country, owing to her not...
34. asked the Minister of Health whether he has received the Report of the inspector who recently inquired into the Leeds and Bradford extension schemes; and whether he will call into...
36. asked the Minister of Health if the Dentists Bill will be introduced in the House of Lords?
38. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the Brentford Board of Guardians in discharging a number of their staff with only a few hours' notice;...
39. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is the greatest difficulty with regard to the proper prosecution of anatomical study in this country, and that, in consequence, a...
40. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, if he is aware that the "Enniscorthy Echo" newspaper was ordered by the officer in command of the military in Enniscorthy to publish two-and-a-quarter...
41. asked the Chief Secretary if he has any information as to the burning down by Crown forces of two labourers' cottages, occupied by Patrick Cronin and Elizabeth Twomey, the property of the...
43. asked the Chief Secretary whether he is satisfied that the forgeries which purport to be copies of the "Irish Bulletin" are not being compiled by any member of the Crown forces or Government...
44. asked the Chief Secretary whether any firearms have been carried by the men of the Dublin Metropolitan Police while on duty between 1st January, 1920, and the present date; how many men of...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the effective action taken by the unofficial Members of the House in averting the national crisis last week, the Government will give a safe...
58. asked the Chief Secretary the total amount of compensation awarded by the Irish Courts in respect of claims in which the judicial authority has stated that the damage was done by members of...
60. asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that ex-Sergeant John Webb, Royal Irish Constabulary, was retired in January, 1921, from the Royal Irish Constabulary Force, needing only 3½...
61. asked the Chief Secretary whether two men named Frank Shouldice and John O'Grady were sentenced at Athlone to imprisonment with hard labour for two years and one year, respectively; whether...
62. asked the Chief Secretary whether the five cadets arrested under the orders of General Crozier to stand trial on the charge of looting at Trim are still awaiting trial; whether, in addition...
63. asked the Chief Secretary what is the position in the Irish Government occupied by Lieut.-Commander Fry; how long he has been employed by the Government in question; and on whose...
100. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Customs authorities in Glasgow are holding up a vessel laden with coal for the Sligo Gas Company; that, as all the principal...
57. asked the Chief Secretary the proportion in which the 221 members of the forces of the Crown in Ireland, who have been arrested for offences against the Criminal Law since 1st January last,...
Mr. O'CONNOR: (by Private Notice) asked the Attorney-General for Ireland if he has any further particulars with reference to the affray at Castleconnell, where Auxiliaries attacked and...
Mr. O'CONNOR: May I ask the Leader of the House if, in face of the important manifesto issued by the Prime Minister with regard to Ireland, he will give the House a day for the discussion of...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware of alarm and distress prevailing among large numbers of business tenants in consequence of the impending expiration of their statutory protection...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether, seeing that the miners and other workers in the country have been asked to live on wages which in most cases are greatly reduced, he will consider the issue...
47. asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the possibility of giving exemption for reservists engaged in wholesale and retail distribution of foodstuffs, and allowing those already called...
52. asked the Prime Minister if the Government has considered the proposals of the Imperial Maritime Conference respecting the limitation by clauses in bills of lading of shipowners' liability...
54. asked the Prime Minister whether he will, in view of the decontrol of the railways in August, take the fullest possible steps to ensure that this is carried out with the absolute minimum of...
55. asked the Lord Privy Seal when the Financial Resolution for the Anti-Dumping Bill will be put down?
56. asked the Lord Privy Seal when the Address for the appointment of a new judge in the King's Bench Division will be put down for discussion?
67. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of the staff he took out to the Near East; the cost of the same; if the amount will appear as a special Estimate; and will the House...
69. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he recommended last year the formation in Hong Kong of a local committee of Chinese to supervise the conditions under which children and...
74. asked the Secretary of State for War whether houses in Constantinople are requisitioned for billets for English officers, the families inhabiting those houses being turned out for the...
75. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the Remount Department of the Northern Command have failed to supply suitable horses for defence units; and will he see that...
76. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government have owned, or now own, any quantities of basic slag?
78. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that certain allotment holders at Enfield Lane, Sheffield, have received notices to quit; whether those holders, through great industry,...
93. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been drawn to the delay in dealing with the cases of pre-War disability naval pensioners who served during the War and were again...
94. asked the Minister of Pensions whether many ex-officers and men who went out to the tropical parts of the British Empire to seek their livelihood are being sent home or are returning home...
95. asked the Minister of Pensions whether local War pensions committees have, for many months past, been asking for a ruling with regard to the payment of bonus to ex-service men suffering from...
96. asked the Post master-General whether Dutch trade circulars are being posted to this country from Germany with German postage stamps, presumably because of the difference of exchange: and...
97. asked the Post master-General what is the legal liability recognised by his Department on the loss of a registered letter; and whether this liability is held to apply to letters posted in...
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 101. asked the Minister of Transport what proportion of the yield of the Motor Tax will be allotted to Ireland?
Mr. DOYLE: 103. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has been able to ascertain whether any considerable number of people whose works have closed down, or whose meana of...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 13. asked the Secretary to the Admiralty the number of bluejackets who marched through Glasgow with fixed bayonets and accompanied by two bands; on whose instructions was...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is intended to grant a military funeral at public expense to the late General Sir John Cowans, formerly Quarter-Master General...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the official announcement of the Irish Department of Agriculture that after close investigation they have been unable to...
informed the House that he had received the following letter relating to the arrest and internment of a Member:
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended], from the Local Legislation Committee (Section A); Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Resolutions reported from the Select Committee; 1. "That, in the case of the Coventry Corporation Bill, Petition for additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed...
That they have agreed to,— Army and Air Force (Annual) Bill, without Amendment.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Member to Standing Committee D: Mr. Murchison.
Order for Second Reading upon Friday, 29th April, read, and discharged:—Bill withdrawn.
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended], from the Local Legislation Committee (Section B); Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported, That a sum, not exceeding £307,900, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolutions reported,
I beg to move That, in the opinion of this House, the proposal to reduce the Mobile Forces of the Crown, and especially the disbandment of four British cavalry regiments, is contrary to the...
I beg to move, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty representing that the state of business in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice requires that a vacancy should...
Committee to consider of authorising the payment, out of moneys provided by Parliament, of expenses incurred under any Act of the present Session for carrying into effect the Treaty of Peace...
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