Monday, 20 June 1921
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Sutton District Waterworks Bill,
"to confirm a Provisional Order made by one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State under Section 8 of the Police Act, 1893, uniting the Police and Fire Brigade Pensions Funds of the city...
"to confirm certain Pilotage Orders made by the Board of Trade under the Pilotage Act, 1913, relating to Pilotage in the Pilotage Districts of Barry, Bristol, Cardiff, Gloucester, Llanelly,...
2. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can now state the total charges, including staffs, stationery, office accommodation, and other charges, incurred in connection with the...
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has received any reports of inefficiency on the part of the wireless telegraphy watchers instituted under the Merchant Shipping (Wireless...
4. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the officials of the defunct Food Ministry are sending out circulars and forms to tradesmen requiring them to give minute detailed...
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether all Government orders for foreign coal are to be cancelled immediately British miners decide to return to work; and, if not, will the coal be...
Sir F. HALL: 18. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the number of coal pits which, owing to the damage done to them during the coal dispute, will either be permanently closed or...
38. asked the Prime Minister whether Sergeant G. Payne, No. 2,646,487, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, a Reservist called up during the recent emergency, has been thrown out of employment by his...
50. asked the Prime Minister the total cost to the Exchequer of expenditure connected with the coal stoppage; and what Supplementary Estimate will be needed to meet such charges?
Colonel NEWMAN: 51. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the reception of the Government's offer of a contribution from the taxpayer of £10,000,000 by those engaged in the coal...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade to what countries Part II of the Safeguarding of Industries Bill will apply if the Bill is passed into law this year?
Captain COOTE: 8. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the figures of the total value of the importation of pig iron and steel, respectively, from Europe to the United...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether taximeters, speedometers, spare parts, etc., for taximeter cabs and other commercial vehicles are subject to import duty; and, if so, on what...
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to retain the publicity section of his Department?
14. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether any ex-German ships allotted to this country by the Reparations Commission, and announced to be available for British and Allied nations...
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the German Government has yet issued an official notice to German traders guaranteeing to them the repayment of the 26 per cent. duty levied...
22. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade whether a credit cash balance, belonging to a British subject, in a German bank during the War was a debt owing by the bank to the...
31. asked the Prime Minister if he can make any statement on the present situation in Upper Silesia; and what steps have now been taken to bring about a settlement?
Sir F. HALL: 57. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether Germany has in all respects carried out the terms of the ultimatum which was recently presented by the Allies with regard to the execution of...
Sir F. HALL: 17. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether an eight-hours law is in force in Germany; whether in a large number of instances the workpeople have refused to carry out the...
19. asked the President of the Board of Trade to whom was the farina manufactured at King's Lynn disposed of; what sum was received for it; and what was the profit or loss on the transaction?
24. asked the Secretary for Mines whether his attention has been directed to the fact of the purity of the atmosphere in London during the coal stoppage; and whether, when normal mining...
27. asked the Prime Minister whether any decision has been arrived at on the recommendations of the seventh Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure, 1918, as to the, form of Public...
29. asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider the desirability of inviting the leaders of capital and labour to a new industrial, conference when the present disputes in coal,...
30. asked the Prime Minister what steps are now being taken to bring about peaceful conditions in Turkey-in-Asia; whether any efforts are being made to call a fresh conference to discuss a...
Major BARNES: 32. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the resolution moved by the ex-president of the Chamber of Shipping and passed by the North of England Steamship...
33. asked the Prime Minister what steps, if any, the Government propose to take in the direction of reducing the salary of the Minister without Portfolio, in view of the strong feeling both...
36. asked the Prime Minister how many Ministers have no departmental duties; and what is the total of the salaries paid to such Ministers?
37. asked the Prime Minister at what rate money is now being provided out of the British Exchequer for the maintenance of refugees of various nationalities throughout the world; and what is the...
42. asked the Prime Minister whether he will see that an opportunity is found in the course of the forthcoming Imperial Conference with the Dominion Prime Ministers to secure their approval to an...
43. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the anomalous position which has arisen owing to the Education Act of 1918 having been brought into partial operation in certain areas and...
44. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the heavy financial obligations imposed on this country by the War, His Majesty's Government has made approaches to wealthy Zionists throughout...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that a committee representing the Trades Union Congress, the Labour party, and the Co-operative Union have issued a statement discredit- ing the...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government has taken into consideration recent efforts towards constitutional government in China, its culture, and vast potentialities; whether he is...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether the Japanese occupation of Port Arthur under the original terms of the lease was to expire on 27th March, 1923; whether, as a result of the Japanese 48-hour...
52. asked the Prime Minister if the Irish Department of Agriculture has employed counsel or is being legally represented at the Royal Commission on the Importation of Store Animals; has the...
53. asked the Lord Privy Seal when the Colonial Secre- tary will make his promised statement on the position of Egypt from the Air Force point of view?
54. asked the Lord Privy Seal when he will give another day for the continuance of the Debate on the Middle East Department?
65. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether work has ceased on both the Blue and White Nile dams; what was the original estimate for the cost of the two dams, respectively,...
Sir J. D. REES: 69. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether repayment is being made to the British Government for the standard-gauge railway from Kantara to Haifa and the...
73. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he can state the number of cases relating to arrears of wages due to agricultural employés investigated by officials of the Agricultural Wages...
74. asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the total sum expended at Pembrey Farm, up to the 31st March last, in respect of land, buildings, improvements, stock, implements, labour, and all...
77. asked the Minister of Agriculture what quantity of Nauru phosphate has been sold on behalf of the British Government up to date to buyers in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, respectively; do...
79. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the statement in the Press that at the passing-out examination for the cadets at the Royal Military College,...
80. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to a statement in the Indian Press that so-called arbitration courts have been established in India in pursuance...
81. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the article in the Allahabad "Pioneer Mail" of the 20th May, entitled, Public Information in India; and,...
85. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the effect on the housing shortage in rural areas of the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920,...
91. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of James Blake, No. 25,577, Royal Inniskillings, who, at the hearing before the appeal tribunal, produced a...
92. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that H. Taylor, reference No. S.E.S. 43,570, was notified on 22nd March that a pension book had been despatched to the Warrington Post...
93. asked the Postmaster-General whether the values of the securities held by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt on behalf of the Post Office Savings Bank, which are set...
97. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, since his policy of reprisals has failed, it will be finally repudiated?
108. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has taken the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown on the question of whether any words in the Restoration of Order in...
102. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the Army Council has recently asked the Young Men's Christian Association to close down its work in some 19 centres; and what is the reason for...
84. asked the Minister of Health whether a chaplain employed by a board of guardians at a salary of £60 per annum is excluded from the benefits of the National Health Insurance Acts and made...
86. asked the President of the Board of Education whether there is any truth in the rumour that the Board of Education has granted an interview to a deputation of Welsh teachers with regard to...
90. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the present monthly cost of the Scotland Yard Department of which Sir Basil Thomson is the chief?
May I ask the Leader of the House what is the additional business for to-morrow other than that intimated last week?
I ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House in order to discuss a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, "The uncertainty as to the future economic position of the country...
"to provide for the time in the British Isles being in advance of Greenwich mean time during a certain period of the year," presented by Sir JOHN BAIRD; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 16th June].
(1) Excess Profits Duty under the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1915 (in this Part of this Act referred to as "the principal Act"), shall be charged, levied, and paid in respect of the excess profits of...
(1) For the purpose of determining the modifications to be allowed under Sub-section (3) of Section forty of the principal Act by reason of exceptional depreciation or obsolescence of assets...
(1) Any person who is at the end of the final accounting period the owner of a trade or business subject to Excess Profits Duty shall be entitled to claim in respect of that duty relief under...
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the principal Act, repayments and adjustments of Excess Profits Duty, and assessments and additional assessments to Excess Profits Duty in respect of...
The powers of the Treasury under Section sixty of the Finance Act, 1916 (which empowers the Treasury to carry out arrangements for the exchange of securities issued under any War Loan Act) may be...
8.0 P.M.
I beg to move, That the expenditure of Greenwich Hospital for the year 1919–20, in excess of the approved Estimate, be sanctioned.
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