Tuesday, 21 June 1921
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (Standing Orders not previously inquired into complied with), Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 1. asked the Secretary of State for India when he will be able to state what steps are to be taken to remedy the present condition in India under which the rupee rates...
8. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the statement in the "Leader" newspaper, of Allahabad, that the Gwalior State has prohibited the sale and...
9. asked the Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been called to the widespread desire expressed in the Indian Press amongst the members of the Civil Services of India to take...
12. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the essential work now being carried on by the publicity department of the War Office?
29. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a new scheme for the reorganisation of the Factory Department of the Home Office is at present under consideration which will...
55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the wages, including bonus, if any, paid to hoys of 14 to 15 employed by the Government in the Ministry of Health and the Post Office; and what...
79. asked the Minister of Health whether he will state the total number of persons employed in Wales by his Ministry for the years ended March, 1914, and March, 1921, respectively; also the sums...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War why it is essential for the efficiency of the public service that 1,421 officers should be employed on the staff of commands in 1921–22, in view of...
14. asked the Secretary of State for War why 300 Army chaplains are needed in 1921–22 to look after an establishment of 201,000 of all ranks, excluding India, whereas in 1914–15 only...
Lieut.-Colonel W. GUINNESS: 15. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that there are now employed in the Department of the chief of the Imperial General Staff at the War...
17. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will inform the House of the reason of the War Office Regulation which precludes previous service in the Royal Marines or Royal Navy from being...
Captain TUDOR-REES: 19. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now in a position to announce the decision of the Army Council with regard to the claim of the Devon Territorials to the...
21. asked the Secretary of State for War whether an offer has been received from a shipowner offering to transport a minimum of 10,000 horses from Beirut to France, England, or Belgium, at an...
Colonel BURN: 22. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give the actual number of horses of the British troops in Mesopotamia that were recently destroyed by order; and by what means...
23. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, seeing that certain British pre-war pensioners served during the War in Dominion forces, and that Army Order 325 of 1919 only provides for the...
24. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is yet in a position to announce a decision as to the future of the national factory at Gretna?
11. asked the Secretary of State for War whether engines for use in tanks at the headquarters of the Tank Corps at Ware-ham and at Bovington are, upon the delivery from the makers, broken up and...
20. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the issue of full pay and marriage allowance to officers and men of the Defence Corps, who are upon indefinite leave for the purpose of following...
Mr. GIDEON MURRAY: 25. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the present position with regard to the direct mail steamer communication between Great Britain and Trinidad and the...
31. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the judgment of Lord Justice Banks in the recent case of Remmington v. Larchin in which he says that there is no section of...
35. asked the Home Secretary whether the new Census forms are being sent out with a covering slip containing an advertisement for the hon. Member for South Hackney; whether this was done with his...
Mr. ALFRED DAVIES (Ciitheroe): 37. asked the Home Secretary whether in view of the increase in the number of electors and the insufficiency of public halls capable of holding the electors and the...
38. asked the Home Secretary if it has been decided to hold an inquiry into the whole question of the training and exhibition of performing animals; and, if so, whether, as the methods are...
40. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as Chairman of the Liquor Control Board, whether the Board has decided not to release any further the was restrictions upon the...
41. asked the Secretary for Scotland when the Reports of the Commissions on Deer Forests and Heather Burning will be published; and will he explain the delay that has occurred in the Reports...
Colonel BURN: 42. asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that a letter posted in the ordinary way on Thursday in London is not delivered in the Channel Islands till the following Monday; and...
43. asked the Postmaster-General if he would be prepared to consider suggestions for the introduction of an additional class of telegrams, known as post or deferred telegrams, such telegrams to...
44. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, in January last, many approved societies issued to their members national health insurance contribution cards, and envelopes bearing...
51. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the statement of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to the effect that he wished to see a Parliament in the...
90. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he will state the terms of Notice B, which is served on persons whose houses or property are to be destroyed by official order in the martial law...
91. asked the Chief Secretary how many women are at present employed in Ireland as searchers of women prisoners; from what sources such women are recruited; and whether they are considered to...
93. asked the Chief Secretary whether he will state the number of attacks made on Crown forces in Ireland during the week ending 11th June, and the number of casualties resulting to the Forces of...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Gracious Speech on the occasion of the opening of the Northern Parliament in Ireland will be based on the advice of His...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that five British officers have been murdered in Ireland while off duty during the last few days, he proposes...
52. asked the Prime Minister whether he has repeatedly stated that the Dardanelles should be neutralised; and if, in view of these solemn statements, he will explain why Greek naval forces have...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is proposed to introduce revised Esti- mates before the Committee of Supply is closed, as a result of economies made pursuant to the recent...
70. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of recent proceedings, he will consult the Minister of Health as to the issue of a circular letter to local authorities informing them that...
71. asked the Minister of Agriculture what agricultural manures or fertilisers are now con- trolled in regard to the prices at which they may be sold in this country; and if he will now remove...
72. asked the Minister of Agriculture if care is taken that in all cases of land allotted to ex-service men with Government assistance the rents are not increased above those charged to the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour if he has received a copy of the resolutions passed at a meeting of Local Training Committee No. 23 on Friday last; and if he will give...
73. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has called upon the various agricultural committees throughout the country to curtail their estimates for the current year by 20 per cent.;...
74. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the date for the disposal of the rigid airships has been postponed; what additional expenditure this will entail; and what is the reason for this...
Mr. G. MURRAY: 76. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the great importance to our Colonial sugar industry of the prevention of the dumping of foreign sugar, the...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that John Davidson, schoolmaster at Ochiltree, Ayrshire, is assessed for Income Tax on his own and his wife's salaries; that Mrs....
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the British Cellulose Company, in the prospectus which they issued inviting the support of the public, stated that their plant...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if Germany has made the payment of 1,000,000,000 marks gold due at the end of May of which 200,000,000 marks had to be in cash; if this amount has been...
81. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the total amount that has been spent on posters and circulars printed by Government Departments since the General Election in reference...
82. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can state the number of officials at present serving in the Customs and Excise who reached the age of 62 and upwards on the 1st June 1921,...
Major C. LOWTHER: 86 and 87. asked the Minister without Portfolio (1) what are the duties upon which he is now engaged; (2) whether he has made any proposals to the Treasury with a view to...
30. asked the Home Secretary whether, on the occasions of any great gatherings for the purposes of witnessing sport, any duty rests on the police to ensure that proper provision is made by the...
32. asked the Home Secretary whether there is any suggestion to abolish various small reforms introduced into the prison system during the last few years; and whether a Committee is at present...
33. asked the Home Secretary whether girls as young as 16 are sent to Holloway Prison; whether boys and girls sent for Borstal treatment are taken to Holloway Prison for any period; and, if so,...
36. asked the Home Secretary whether he can state when the provisions of the Shop Hours Act will come up for review; and whether, in view of the fact that the public regard the prohibition of the...
Lieut.- Colonel PINKHAM: 89. asked the Home Secretary if it is proposed to reintroduce the Factories and Workshops (Bakehouses) Bill this Session?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether a difference exists between English and German naval law with regard to the right to destroy shipping at sea and in the use of hospital ships; and whether His...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister (1) whether proposals have been made and are now being considered to transfer the question of the delimitation of the Albanian frontier from the...
Major C. LOWTHER: I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, "the failure of the Government to...
I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, "the continued failure of the Secretary of State for...
4.0 P.M.
I beg to move, "That leave be given to bring in a Bill to limit the number of Parliamentary Secretaries to the Treasury." This is a very short Bill, consisting of one Clause only, and it provides...
"to limit the number of Parliamentary Secretaries to the Treasury," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 146.]
Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to request that their Lordships will be pleased to communicate to this House copies of the minutes of evidence and proceedings, together with the...
Reported, with Amendments; Report to lie upon the Table, and to be printed.
Reported, without Amendment, from: Standing Committee A.
Considered in Committee.
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 20th June.]
(1) If an individual proves that he is a widower, and that for the year of assess- ment a person is resident with him in the capacity of housekeeper, or for the purpose of having the charge and...
Section twenty of the Finance Act, 1920 (which provides for a deduction from assessable income in respect of a widowed mother, etc.), shall have effect as if for the words "forty-five pounds"...
Section twenty-two of the Finance Act, 1920 (which provides for a deduction from assessable income in respect of dependent relatives), shall have effect as if for the words "twenty-five pounds"...
I beg to move, "That this House do now adjourn." The terms of the Motion which I received permission at Question Time today to move were as follow: To call attention to a matter of definite...
Again considered in Committee.
Section twenty-three of the Finance Act, 1920 (which provides for a reduced rate of Income Tax on the first £225 of taxable income), shall have effect as if there were added the...
(1) The office of assessor shall cease to exist, and all general and particular notices directed by the Income Tax Acts to be given by an assessor requiring persons to make returns shall be given...
"The term 'male servant' as used in the Act, 32 and 33 Victoria, chapter 14, shall not include a 'servant' who is bonâ fide employed by any county council, town council, or other authority...
The relief granted to charities under Section thirty-seven, Sub-section (1), paragraph (a) of The Income Tax Act, 1918, shall be deemed also to apply to any lands or property owned and occupied...
On and after the first day of August, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, in lieu of the entertainments duty imposed by Section one of the Finance (New Duties) Act, 1916, as amended by Section three...
(1) Income tax shall not be charged in respect of a sewer vested in a local authority in the United Kingdom:
The income of any fund formed for the purpose of providing superannuation for employés, where the employers' contributions to such fund are definitely alienated 60 as to belong to the fund...
Where a person has in any trade carried on by him, either solely or in partnership, devoted any part of his profits (not exceeding one pound per annum per head of the workpeople employed by him...
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Finance (New Duties) Act, 1916, and the Finance Act, 1917, or the Finance Act, 1919, Entertainments Duty shall not be charged on payments for...
(1) The proviso to Section thirteen of the Finance Act, 1920 (which provides for quarterly licences in respect of any vehicles which are chargeable with duty as mechanically-propelled vehicles),...
That in lieu of the duty of Excise of four-pence per gallon payable on sweetened or fermented table waters, and of the duty of Excise of eightpence per gallon payable on other table waters, there...
In order to remove doubts it is hereby declared that the increase in the Stamp Duty imposed by Section thirty-nine of the Finance Act, 1920, on statements as to capital of companies did not and...
For the purpose of removing doubts it is hereby declared that 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...
Section four of the Finance Act, 1918 (which provides for the reduction and allowance of duty in respect of spirits used in medical preparations or for scientific purposes), shall apply also to...
From and after the passing of this Act the word "seventeen" shall be substituted for the word "thirty" where that word appears in Section thirty-two (Redemption of Land Tax) of the Finance Act,...
The provisions of Sub-section (1) and of paragraphs (a) and (c) of Sub-section (2) of Section one hundred and fifty-seven of the Income Tax Act, 1918 (which relates to the date when the payment...
If an incumbent makes payments to a lay assistant which are certified by the bishop of the diocese as necessarily incurred by him in carrying out the duties of his office, he shall be allowed to...
If an incumbent is liable to repay annual instalments to Queen Anne's Bounty in respect of a loan granted to his predecessor for the purpose of the repair or restoration of his dwelling-house he...
(1) Notice of any claim for relief under Section twenty-seven of the Finance Act, 1920 (which gives relief from United Kingdom Income Tax in respect of Dominion Income Tax), together with...
Section 48 of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910 (which provides for a duty on purchases of intoxicating liquor to be supplied in a club), shall have effect as if "fourpence halfpenny" were...
The exemption from Income Tax granted by Section sixteen of the Finance Act, 1919, in respect of income from wounds and disability pensions shall be extended to the income from pensions granted...
Notwithstanding anything in Section twenty of the Finance Act, 1896 (which, as amended by Section sixty-three of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, gives exemption from Estate Duty, Legacy...
Any compensation which is payable under Part II of the Agriculture Act, 1920, shall be regarded as part of the cost of management under Section sixty-nine of the Act of 1910.—[Mr. Pretyman.]
(1) The Stamp Duty charged on local authorities by the District Auditors Act, 1879, as amended by any other Act, in respect of the audit of their accounts by district auditors, shall, instead of...
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