Thursday, 9 February 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
For the County of Down (West Down Division), in the room of THOMAS BROWN WALLACE, Esquire (Chief Clerk, High Court of Justice, Northern Ireland).
"to confirm certain Pilotage Orders made by the Board of Trade, under The Pilotage Act, 1913, relating to pilotage in the Pilotage Districts of the Humber, Boston and Spalding, King's Lynn and...
"to confirm certain Pilotage Orders made by the Board of Trade under The Pilotage Act, 1913, relating to pilotage in the Pilotage Districts of the Dee, Hartlepool, Sunderland, the Tees, and the...
Return ordered "of the Revenues, Expenditures, and Deficits of the European States, where practicable, showing for the last and current fiscal years, especially the annual cost of land armaments...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions if it would be possible for him to arrange that men who had lost one or both legs during the War should be given a badge which would entitle them to special...
5. asked the Minister of Pensions if he has received a communication from the guardians of the Bedwelty union calling his attention to the large proportion of disabled ex-service men among the...
4. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he has received representations as to the hardship resulting to pensioners on the disbandment of the Westhoughton local war pensions sub-committee and...
6. asked the Minister of Pensions if he will reconsider the case of ex-Lance-Corporal S. Botham, No. 202561, Notts and Derby Regiment, of Bakewell, who had his pension reduced by 108. a week on...
7. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether his attention has been called to the dissatisfaction expressed in the Press at the terms under which the ex-officer cadets in the Auxiliary...
10. asked the Chief Secretary how it is proposed that damage committed by Crown forces in the burning of Cork, the sack of Balbriggan, etc., is now to be made good; what is the position of...
9. asked the Chief Secretary what munitions, military transport, and stores have been handed over to the Irish Free State Army in Southern Ireland, and on what terms; and whether similar...
8. asked the Chief Secretary by what date all British troops will be out of Southern Ireland?
47. asked the Prime Minister whether it, is intended that the new Irish Constitution should be submitted to Parliament as a Bill or, if not, in what form?
42. asked the Prime Minister what duties are now exercised by the Chief Secretary for Ireland?
50. asked the Prime Minister whether the liabilities of the Imperial Government to investors, whether in War Bonds or otherwise, and depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank in Southern Ireland...
53. asked the Prime Minister how many persons have been murdered or kidnapped in Southern Ireland since 1st January?
11. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what were the terms of the Note sent to the Soviet in the beginning of December on the subject of Mrs. Stan Harding's wrongful...
33. asked the Prime Minister whether there has been any change in the policy of His Majesty's Government with regard to the relief of the famine-stricken areas of South Russia since it was last...
19. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present military and political situation in Asia Minor and, in particular, whether fighting is still continuing between the...
12. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, shortly before Zaghloul Pasha was arrested, instructions were issued by the Ministry of the Interior at Cairo to Mr. Milton,...
13. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what journals, daily and weekly, have been suppressed or suspended since martial law was proclaimed in Egypt in 1914; why were they...
Mr. ALFRED T. DAVIES: 15. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is proposed to put the dossier of the negotiations between Lord Allenby, High Commissioner in Egypt,...
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at whose instigation Zaghloul Pasha and his colleagues were deported; and what were the grounds given for this policy?
14. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Government have come to any conclusion regarding the financial position of the Government of the Sudan, with special...
16. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the suspension of the consular service for Bruges can be reconsidered in view of the large number of British visitors to this...
22. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the case of Frederick Penkert, who was killed on 12th August, 1921, on board the ss. "Lyngurn,"...
Major C. LOWTHER: 24. asked the Home Secretary what is the approximate cost to the State of the prosecutions recently undertaken against the promoters of the Different Golden Ballot under the...
28. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the observations of the German delegates at the Peace Conference concerning the permissive power to attach the movable...
Captain BENN: 39. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government is under any obligation to employ military measures against Germany in the event of their default to pay the amounts demanded in...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 29. asked the Prime Minister if he will state the total number of persons who have been found employment, and for how long, by the various schemes for providing work for...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 30. asked the Prime Minister if he will give the latest available figures as regards the progress made under the Government's various housing schemes, showing the total number of...
37. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government intend to go on with their housing scheme and if it is intended to extend the period during which the housing subsidy for new houses will be...
32. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government have considered the Report of the Royal Commission on the embargo on Canadian cattle; and whether they propose to make any alteration in the...
34. asked the Prime Minister whether a Treaty between Belgium and this country is in course of preparation, and will shortly be concluded, by which Great Britain binds herself, beyond the general...
35. asked the Prime Minister whether the proposed loan of £2,500,000 to Austria is to be made by this country alone or jointly with other Powers; what security is offered; whether this loan...
36. asked the Prime Minister whether the House of Commons is to be given a day to discuss the Near Eastern policy of the Government?
Captain BENN: 40. asked the Prime Minister whether a date has been fixed for the Genoa Conference?
Captain BENN: 41. asked the Prime Minister, whether the Government propose to restore in any form the veto of the House of Lords?
The, following question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Mr. MARRIOTT: 43. To ask the Prime Minister whether it is proposed to set up the Estimates Committee again this Session; and, if...
44. asked the Prime Minister whether steps, analogous to those taken in America to fund the debts due by the Allies, will now be taken to secure the funding of the debts due to Great Britain by...
Mr. L. MALONE: 45. asked the Prime Minister whether a Treaty is being negotiated with the Emir Feisal; and, if so, whether it will be laid before the House of Commons before ratification?
58. asked the Lord President of the Council if he will state the submarine tonnage proposed to be allotted to the Great Powers by the Washington Conference; and the present strength of those...
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to save certain branches of the printing trade from loss and to prevent the loss to this country of printing orders which are now being...
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is prepared to remove or reduce the club tax imposed in 1909 of 6d. in the £ on all purchases of alcoholic drink, which is a tax paid not...
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, owing to the altered conditions to-day, he can see his way to reduce the Beer Tax, which at present is £5 a barrel compared with 7s. 9d. in...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, following the example of other countries, he can see his way to impose an export tax of at least 10 per cent. upon valuable British works of art...
65. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any decision has yet been arrived at with regard to the reconstitution of the Whitley Councils dealing with Civil Service wages and salaries in...
73. asked the hon. Member for the Pullok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the Government are still occupying any hotels or portions of hotels in...
74. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether the huts in course of removal from the Embankment are being re-erected at...
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the recent decision in Mr. Attorney-General v. Swan; and whether he will in the year's financial measures...
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can state the gross assessment for Income Tax for the years 1913 up to the present?
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been called to the position of thousands of miners in the South Wales districts, who through strikes, unemployment, and at present...
69. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the unrest and growing hostility to the Government for its continuance of the exorbitant tax on workmen's clubs both in licensing and...
70. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is in accordance with precedent to appoint a bankrupt to the position of Steward to the Chiltern Hundreds?
80. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether an order relative to food control (No. 1,305) was made by the Board of Trade on the 16th August, 1921; whether two of the principal clauses...
75. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the total emoluments of the Governor of Gibraltar and the Governor of Malta, respectively; and what is the total population within their...
76. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received a petition from the Chamber of Commerce at Gibraltar, addressed to him through the Colonial Secretary, Gibraltar, last...
77. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport, whether he is aware of the penalties inflicted upon season-ticket holders on various railways who are called upon to pay the...
78. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if he has received a communication from the County Council of Monmouthshire calling attention to the high rates charged by the...
I desire to ask a question relating to Order, of which I have given private notice, namely, whether either or both of the Amendments standing in the names of the hon. and gallant Member for Bath...
May I ask what business the Leader of the House proposes to take next week, and whether he is now in a position to state with certainty that the Geddes Report will be available in the Vote Office...
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN: I beg to move, That during the present Session the House do meet on Fridays at Eleven o'clock, and that Four o'clock and half-past Four o'clock be substituted for Five o'clock...
"to give the force of Law to certain Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland, and to enable effect to be given thereto, and for other purposes incidental thereto or...
[THIRD DAY.]
I beg to move, at the end of the Question, to add the words But regret dint, in view of the disaster to British trade and of the large number of persons unemployed, there is no indication that...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
May I be permitted to allude to a matter to which I referred at Question time, the removal of the temporary buildings in Regent's Park. I accept with gratitude and relief the assurance of my hon....
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.