Thursday, 16 February 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN of the HOUSEHOLD (Mr. W. Dudley Ward): reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address as followeth: I have received with great satisfaction the loyal and dutiful expression...
Jarrow Extension and Improvement Bill (by Order),
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether the 4s. 6d. per day maintenance fee which is deducted from officers' pay whilst in hospital is to be refunded them for time spent on Christmas leave?
2. asked the Minister of Pensions why it is possible for the Ministry to call a pensioner awarded a life pension before an examining board at any time, while the life pensioner cannot appeal...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions why local D.C.M.S. are used as members of appeal boards in view of the fact that it is contrary to the provisions of the Pensions Act which stipulates for the...
4. asked the Minister of Pensions if his attention has been drawn to the case of the male orderlies employed at the military hospital, Church Lane, Tooting, who were engaged in 1920 at a wage of...
8. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is prepared to grant discretionary powers to tribunals, under Article 11 of the Royal Warrant, in such a case as the following: Thomas McGowan, late...
9. asked the Minister of Pensions whether it is a strict rule of the Pension Ministry not to disclose the addresses of individuals receiving pensions; if so, how can an officer's deserted wife...
15. asked the Minister of Pensions what will be the cost of effecting the proposed removal of the hospital at Shepherd's Bush for orthopædic surgical treatment to Richmond hutment hospital;...
17. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of Hugh Quinlan, a soldier who was gassed and is in consequence suffering from tuberculosis, from whom his...
20. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consult the views of ex-service men before any suggestions made by the Committee on National Expenditure regarding pensions are adopted; whether...
7. asked the Minister of Pensions if his attention has been drawn to the number of disabled ex-service men receiving relief from the guardians owing to their pensions being insufficient, and the...
11. asked the Minister of Pensions if ex-service men in county and borough lunatic asylums are treated as private patients; and what is the average payment per head per week made by the Ministry...
Colonel BURN: 70. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that the personal assistant to the Director-General of Supply and Research is a non-service man and that the duties...
14. asked the Minister of Pensions whether Article 5 of Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland in- volves any responsibility upon the part of the Irish Free State...
23. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, on Sunday, 22nd January, a number of men armed with revolvers visited the houses of a number of ex-soldiers in the neighbourhood of Callan;...
31. asked the Prime Minister whether the High Court of Appeal for Ireland, as constituted by Section 42 of the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, is now functioning; whether it is intended to be...
32. asked the Prime Minister, in view of the fact that the Parliament of Southern Ireland is not now intended to come into effective existence, if he will state how it is proposed to constitute...
34. asked the Prime Minister whether the compensation provided by Article 10 of the Treaty includes compensation for officials employed in Southern Ireland in services which were renewed by the...
41 and 42. asked the Prime Minister (1) what is the precise relation between the Provisional Government of Southern Ireland and the Irish republican army; whether arms, ammunition, motor...
Colonel NEWMAN: 43. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the fact that seven months have elapsed since the cessation of hostilities between the forces of the Crown and of the Irish...
48. asked the Prime Minister whether under the terms of the Treaty the Irish Free State will be able to establish and maintain its own Air Force?
49. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to a statement made by Mr. Michael Collins, in the course of his speech in the Dail Eireann on the 19th December, 1921, that in...
53. asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that in many districts in Southern Ireland there are, and have for a considerable time been, organised strikes against the payment of rent, and...
54. asked the Chief Secretary the number of persons kidnapped by Sinn Fein in Ireland between 1st August, 1920, and the date of the truce, showing whether military, police, or civilians, and...
Colonel NEWMAN: 55. asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that, owing to their being paid by cheque on the Bank of Ireland, demobilised members of the Auxiliary Division, Royal Irish...
21. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that on the 9th instant the Sheffield War Pensions Committee received a circular from the Leeds regional office giving instructions that the...
27. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the Genoa Conference, to which both Russia and Poland are coming, His Majesty's Government will now recognise the Lithuanian Republic de jure, so...
Mr. MALONE: 29. asked the Prime Minister what is to be the constitution and functions of the Board of Reference created for the study of future concessions in China?
26. asked the Prime Minister whether the pledge given on behalf of the Government by the Postmaster-General on 9th June, 1921, that any surplus on the working of the Post Office will go in...
Captain BENN: 28. asked the Prime Minister the date on which the Genoa Conference will actually meet; whether an agenda has been submitted to and accepted by the countries who will be...
33. asked the Prime Minister if the interchange of views with the Dominions is now completed on the subject of British nationality; and whether he can promise that legislation will be proposed...
35. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the statements recently made by Dr. Nansen as to the conditions obtaining among the Russion people owing to the famine, the Government have given...
36. asked the Prime Minister whether the Cabinet has issued instructions to the various Departments to send in their memoranda on the Geddes Report by a certain date?
45. asked the Prime Minister, in view of the great economies effected by the fusion of the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps into one air service, whether he will appoint...
Captain BENN: 50. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government is pre- pared to accept responsibility for the proposals contained in the Admiralty memorandum on the Geddes Report?
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Geddes Committee on National Expenditure has yet surveyed the expenditure of the Department of the Law Officers of the Crown on litigation with a...
69. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Geddes Committee have been asked to inquire into the operations of the Navy and Army and Air Force institutes; and, if so, whether the...
37. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to criticisms reflecting upon the personal character of Brigadier-General Sir Joseph Byrne; and whether, if in their opinion...
44. asked the Prime Minister whether the British Delegation at the Paris Conference included any members of the committee which reported to him that Germany would pay £24,000,000,000;...
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the Reparation Commission has stopped what is called the migration of capital from Germany and Austria?
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the fact that, while war savings certificates, issued at 15s. 6d., become 20s. at the end of the first 5 years...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it, is with his sanction that the local Inland Revenue authorities at Oxford are making demands for payments under the Corporation Profits Tax...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue the State has derived from the Excise Duty on home-grown sugar for the current financial year; and the rate per ton at which duty is levied?
66. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will insert a Clause in the Finance Act, 1922, giving an extended period of six months for persons unaware of the Finance Act, 1920, to make...
67. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of increment value duty was actually received by the Commissioners while the law respecting it was in force; and how much of that amount has...
77. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the Ministry still propose to ask for authority to spend an additional £500,000 on machines, stores, etc., over and above the amount provided...
80 asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether he has received re-presentations from British shipowners against the recent action of the Portuguese Government, who has...
82. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the injury caused to Lancashire trade by the greatly-increased import duties placed upon cotton goods in French...
84. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the reason for the deportation of Saad Zaghloul?
86. asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether the building contract for the British Empire Exhibition has been given to a firm called McAlpine; whether tenders were invited and...
May I ask the Leader of the House what the course of business will be during next week, and may I take this opportunity, in the name of all the Members of the House, of saying how delighted we...
Order for Second Reading read.
Ordered, "That a Select Committee be appointed to control the arrangements for the Kitchen and Refreshment Rooms in the department of the Serjeant-at-Arms attending this House."
Ordered, "That a Select Committee be appointed, to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to the House, with the exception of such as relate to Private Bills; and that such Committee do...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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