Thursday, 30 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...
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Sapper James Micklin, No. 12,105, Royal Engineers, has since May, 1918, been under treatment for tuberculosis at the Moxley sanatorium,...
Sir F. HALL: 3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether any, and, if so, how many additional appeal tribunals have been set up in the London region since the 28th February last; what is now the...
11. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland how many officials in his Department at present receive a salary, including war bonus, of £1,000 or over, and how many received a salary of...
Colonel NEWMAN: 32. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the public demand for a reduction in the cost of the Civil Service, he will follow the precedent of one at least of the State...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as stated in the Press, boys of 17 years of age in the Civil Service receive salaries and bonus equal to £212 per annum, and that boys of...
44. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the officials in his Department, who have had business experience in the export and import trades and who have...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 58. asked the Postmaster-General if he will state the approximate number of his headquarters and local staff who are entitled to an annual holiday of four weeks' duration, and the...
16. asked the Chief Secretary whether he is now in a position to make a statement with reference to the raid in Ballymena carried out by the Ulster special constables on Friday, 17th June;...
17. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he has received a report as to the wounding of Mr. M. Leahy, who was shot by one of three men at Wren's Hotel, Cork, on 18th June; whether Leahy...
18. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether an inquiry has yet been held into the death of a man named Reilly, of Birr, and another named Cunningham, of Belmart, both in King's County,...
Major C. LOWTHER: 22. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether a new Lord Chancellor has been appointed in Ireland in succession to Sir James Campbell; and what are the reasons for the...
6. asked the Chief Secretary whether he can give any information as to the procedure adopted by the military authority in Ireland when orders are issued for the closing down of a creamery; how...
13. asked the Chief Secretary how many Irish civilians, men and women respectively, are at present serving sentences of penal servitude, of imprisonment with hard labour, and of imprisonment...
(by Private Notice) asked the Chief Secretary if he is aware that Ireland made a very large contribution to the medical and nursing staff of the nation during the War, and that the skill of those...
23. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many airships are now in the possession of his Department and where they are housed; how many are of British construction and how many have been...
24. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British officers have resigned their posts in Upper Silesia since the beginning of March; and for what reasons?
29. asked the Prime Minister what steps His Majesty's Government have taken to give effect to the third resolution proposed by the Commission on International Trade at the Brussels International...
42. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the various powers have signified their willingness to suspend their liens on Austria, so that Austrian assets may be released...
25. asked the Prime Minister what action is contemplated with regard to the reply of the Greek Government to the recent Allied representations; and what steps are being taken to end the...
26. asked the Prime Minister how it is pro posed to inform the House of Commons of the results of, and conclusions arrived at, the Imperial Conference now sitting; whether an agreed report of the...
27. asked the Prime Minister whether the matters relating to the Imperial Navy which are being dealt with at the Imperial Conference will be settled and the results made known to Parliament in...
28. asked the Prime Minister what is the amount of grant being made, or proposed to be made, either as a capital sum or annually, to Oxford University in respect of the new single centre of...
Sir F. HALL: 35. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether the free postage facilities granted to soldiers serving abroad have been withdrawn except in the case of the forces in Mesopotamia; if so, will...
60. asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been called to the great irregularity, both in arrival and despatch, of the Australian mails; and whether, if the pre-War weekly service...
64. asked the Postmaster-General whether every picture postcard with a five-word message has to be read by a member of his staff to discover whether the message is purely congratulatory or...
65. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that a number of telegrams were sent from the Ascot grand stand telegraph office on behalf of Viscount Churchill on the evening of Wednesday,...
36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the conditions in industry, commerce, trade,. and agriculture during the last three months have been such as to warrant a revision of estimates...
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many ex-Lord Chancellors in Great Britain and Ireland are receiving pensions, the amount of each pension, and the length of service in the office by...
40. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether His Majesty's Government are at present negotiating a loan to Portugal; and, if so, what is the amount of such loan, the security, and the...
46. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that a meeting of the Irish Self-Determination League was held in Trafalgar Square on Sunday, 26th June, and that the...
49. asked the Home Secretary the number of the Metropolitan police force who were employed during the Epsom Derby race week and the Ascot race week; who paid the charge for the men so employed;...
50. asked the Home Secretary whether, as a result of a deputation that waited on him recently from the City of London complaining of thefts of goods in transit through the docks and on import and...
52. asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, as Chairman of the Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic), whether the Board still exercise the power to veto the issue of Excise...
55. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Salary Commission has yet reported on the pay and allowances of the various grades of the British personnel of the Ceylon Civil...
57. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received any further information from the Governors of Nigeria and the Gold Coast showing that the delegation from the National...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, during the first five months of this year, the value of our exports averaged about £1,000,000 a day less than the value of our imports;...
69. asked the Minister of Transport whether the funds raised from the taxation of motor vehicles was intended solely for the maintenance and development of the roads; and whether grants and loans...
70. asked the Minister of Transport if he will state the circumstances under which two first-class return tickets were issued, free of charge, from Glasgow to Euston, in December last, to two...
78. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Portsdown and Horndean Light Tramway Company recently gave notice to all their employés who were members of a trade union, and...
71. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, having regard to the desirability of encouraging the sea-scout movement, favourable terms will be quoted to them for the derelict...
74. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the case of Whitnall v. Edwards, heard in the Manchester City Police Court on 24th June; whether he is aware that the...
80. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that the auditor of the Scottish Education Department and the Scottish Education Department are declining to admit as legal payments made to...
81. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the grave hardships accruing, to the ratepayers in many parishes from the relief afforded to the clergy by the...
82. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has taken any further action with regard to the price paid to growers of soft fruit by the jam manufacturers, and the price charged by...
Mr. GIDEON MURRAY: 83. asked the Secretary of State for War whether a decision has now been reached with regard to the award of a war medal to the members of the Defence Forces of those Crown...
85. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that many officers of the Royal Indian Medical Service have had no English leave for many years; and whether, having regard to the...
43. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the approaching question of the renewal of the alliance with Japan, any representations can be made to the Japanese...
39. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any estimate has been formed of the amount which will be collected in respect of the Customs duties imposed by the Safeguarding of Industries Bill?
47. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the fact that a boy of 16, having been for six weeks in Winchester Prison without trial, committed suicide; whether there is...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he can make any statement about the negotiations in the threatened dispute in the engineering trade?
(by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary whether the Government is making any recommendations through its representative to the conference on the traffic in women and children which meets at...
May I ask the Leader of the House when he proposes to put down the Vote which will enable the House to discuss the recent appointment of a third Lord Chancellor in Ireland?
THOMAS EDWARD M'CONNELL, Esquire, for the Borough of Belfast (Duncairn Division).
"to amend the Representation of the People Acts, 1918 to 1920, with respect to interruptions of residence during the qualifying period," presented by Mr. SHOKTT; supported by Sir Alfred Mond and...
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee C.
Reported, with Amendments, from the Standing Committee on Scottish Bills.
Preston's Divorce Bill [Lords],
Mr. JOHN WILLIAM WILSON reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had appointed Mr. William Nicholson to act as Deputy-Chairman of Standing Committee B (in respect of the Railways Bill).
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended], from Standing Committee D.
Reported, with Amendments, from Standing Committee D.
That they have agreed to,—
Read the First time; to be read a; Second time.
Read the First time; and referred to-the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Ordered (under Section 7 of The Private-Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899) to be considered To-morrow.
[2ND ALLOTTED DAY.]
(1) If, on complaint being made to the Board to that effect, it appears to the Board that goods of any class or description (other than articles of food or drink) manufactured in a country...
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, there shall be charged, levied and paid on goods of any class or description in respect of which an order has been made under this Part of...
Where an order has been made under this Part of this Act applying this Part of this Act to goods of any class or description on the ground that goods of that class or description being sold or...
Order for Third Reading read.
Motion made, and Question, "That the Lords Amendments be considered forthwith," put, and agreed to.—[Dr. Macnamara.]
The power of the Minister, under section eighteen of the principal Act to make special orders approving or making special schemes shall not be exercised during the deficiency period:
Part II of the First Schedule to the principal Act as amended by the Second Schedule to the Act of 1921, shall have effect as though they were inserted at the end of paragraph (d) thereof the...
For the purposes of Section six of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, this Act shall be deemed to be an Act passed before the appointed day.
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