Monday, 13 June 1921
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Bill.
For the County of Down (North Down Division) in the room of THOMAS WATTERS BROWN, Esquire (Solicitor-General for Ireland).—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
Return ordered, "showing, as on the 31st day of March, 1919, the 31st day of March, 1920, and the 31st day of March, 1921, respectively, the External Debt of this Country, the due date, and any...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give figures showing every rise in the cost of petrol since 1912; whether he can state what was the value of the Government shares in...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any stocks of imported meat are still held by the Government for disposal in this country; if so, can he state approximately what the...
11. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any stocks of wool are still held by the Government for disposal in this country; if so, can he give approximately the quantities held; can...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give any figures showing the trade between England and Ireland for the five months of the present year, or any convenient period, and...
Major BARNES: 3. asked the President of the Board of Trade with what countries treaties, conventions, and engagements are in force which would have to be taken into account under Part II of the...
Colonel NEWMAN: 5 and 7. asked the President of the Board of Trade, (1) whether his attention has been called to the restraint of freedom of commerce, and consequent enhancement of the price of...
Colonel NEWMAN: 6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will ascertain if a British trust, known as the Wall Paper Manufacturers, with an authorised capital of £5,000,000,...
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether over 1,200 hundred watchers' certificates have been issued; is he aware that if these men are all employed 600 skilled wireless operators...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the interests of economy, he will now dispense with the publicity branch of his Department and rely on the public Press for the...
Captain TERRELL: 37. asked the Prime Minister if the Cabinet would consider the advisability of introducing legislation to amend the Superannuation Acts so that the House of Commons could control...
52. asked the Lord Privy Seal if he can now say when a day will be given to discuss the position of women in the Civil Service?
55. asked the Minister of Transport why it is necessary to continue to employ a publicity staff at his Ministry, seeing that the public Press is available for the dissemination of all information...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether a Mr. Lee, now an official of the coal owners' organisation, was formerly in the service of the Mines Department of the Board of Trade; if so,...
13. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any interest has yet been received on the capital invested by the Government in the British Dyestuffs Corporation; if so, what; and what...
14. asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the net receipts to date received on be- half of the Governments of Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, respectively, from the sale...
15. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the present holding of the British Government in the British Cellulose Company; and what are the net receipts from this investment to date?
Sir F. HALL: 16. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the estimated loss to the railways up to the present time due to the curtailment and loss of traffic and other causes arising...
18. asked the Secretary for Mines the number of tons of foreign coal that has been imported into this country during the month of May; what was the selling price of the coal to the buyers;...
21. asked the Secretary for Mines if representations have been made to him to compel mine officials above the rank of deputies or firemen and below the rank of first-class certificated managers...
23. asked the Minister of Transport how much money has been allocated since 1st January to Scottish local authorities to assist in the construction and maintenance of roads; whether the...
24. asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider the advisability of granting powers to local authorities to prohibit the use of certain roads to heavy motor traffic,...
54. asked the Minister of Transport the gross revenue derived from the duties on motor and other vehicles for the five months ending 31st May, 1921, specifying the revenue obtained from quarterly...
56. asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that a big reduction of wages is taking place in many parts of the country, ranging from 10s. to 25s. per week; if he is prepared to bring about...
57. asked the Minister of Transport whether it is contemplated that the questions affecting the supervisory and working grades in the en- gineering and allied trades employed on railways are to...
Major BARNES: 26. asked the Prime Minister if the Industrial Council set up in 1911 by the Board of Trade is in being; if so, whether it could be usefully employed in the coal, cotton, and...
27. asked the Prime Minister the names of the 270 Members who accepted railway passes; and whether he will consider the case of those Members who surrendered their season tickets when passes were...
31. asked the Prime Minister what steps the Government intends to take to carry into effect the demand of the people of this country, as expressed in the recent by-election in the Saint George's...
32. asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government have authorised the grant of £1,000,000, said to have been promised by the Colonial Secretary to the British Cotton-growing...
33. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the Angora Government have been receiving arms and ammunition from the Russian Soviet Bolshevik Republican Revolutionary Government; whether...
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 34. asked the Prime Minister whether he can state the surplus which will be available for the Irish Parliaments on the basis of the estimated yield of this year's Budget,...
Lieut.-Colonel GUINNESS: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether any decision has yet been reached to discontinue as authorised military reprisals in Ireland the destruction of the property of those...
Mr. O'CONNOR: (by Private Notice) asked the Chief Secretary if he can give the House any information with regard to the tragic events that have taken place in Belfast during the week-end?
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Health whether he can find it possible to take steps which will result in immediate action based on the recommendations of Lord Cave's Report with...
35. asked the Prime Minister to state what is the present situation in Upper Silesia; and whether the suggestion has been made that a certain zone in Upper Silesia might be occupied by Allied...
Sir F. HALL: 50. asked the Prime Minister what is the number of Germans included in the lists of war criminals drawn up by the Allies who are accused of sinking hospital ships; whether the Allies...
61. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the reasons why the French Government have not yet ratified the Hungarian Peace Treaty; and whether such...
33. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the serious state of the national finances, the Government will issue a circular letter to all local authorities throughout the country on the...
47. asked the Prime Minister, with reference to the statements in the French Press regarding the Russian trade agreement, if he can state the value of the gold which it is alleged has been...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government have any information with reference to a man named McCartan, who was in March last diplomatic representative in Russia of the so-called Sinn...
60. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of Russian refugees in camps in the island of Cyprus; whether these refugees are mostly composed of the remnants of Denikin's...
66. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether it is his intention to redeem the tithe on some 5,000 acres of land in the parishes of Sutton Bridge and Lutton; whether the present tithe owner pays...
67. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the rent-roll in Huntingdonshire received by the county council from smallholders and ex-soldiers amounted in 1920 to £31,990...
68. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in providing for decontrol of cultivation, the Board has formed any idea, and, if so, what, of its effect in the near future on the price of bread?
69. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the recent experience of the Office of Works has demonstrated that leadless...
70. asked the Secretary of State for India the result of his inquiry from the Government of India as to the upkeep in future of regimental bands in the Indian Army and how far the cost of these...
62. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the serious disability suffered by married British subjects of British blood resident in Portugal and other...
(by Private Notice) asked the Lord Privy Seal if he can now state definitely whether Friday will be allocated to the discussion on the agenda for the Imperial Conference; and whether the...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the Motion relating to Safeguarding of Industries Bill (Allocation of Time) be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS: reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from the Joint Committee of Lords and Commons on Gas and Water Bills: Lieut.-Colonel...
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN (Leader of the House): I beg to move: That the Proceedings on the Committee stage, Report stage, and Third Reading of the Safeguarding of Industries Bill shall be proceeded with...
Two allotted days shall be given to the Report stage of the Bill, and the proceedings
One allotted day shall be given to the Third Reading of the Bill, and the proceedings thereon, if not previously brought to a conclusion, shall be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 p.m. on that day.
Five allotted days shall be given to the Committee stage of the Bill, and the proceedings in Committee on each allotted day shall be those shown in the second column of the following Table, and...
Five allotted days shall be given to the Committee stage of the Bill, and the pro-
Two allotted days shall be given to the Report stage of the Bill, and the proceed-
One allotted day shall be given to the Third Reading of the Bill, and the proceedings thereon, if not previously brought to a conclusion, shall be brought to a conclusion at 10.30 p.m. on that day.
[8TH JUNE.]
As amended [in the Standing Committee], considered.
As amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
(3) Nothing in this Section shall operate-to prevent—
(1) The Board shall admit to the dentists register kept under the principal Act—
(2) In the application of this Act to Ireland, the expression "the Minister of Health" means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and any reference to a...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. Gilmour.]
I apologise for raising the matter to which I am going to refer, but our opportunities for discussion are so limited that we have to take advantage of a casual occasion of this kind to ventilate...
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