Tuesday, 21 February 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills (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...
Sir J. D. REES: 1. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, in view of the intention of the Legislature, to which Clause 3 of Section 67A of the Government of India Act of 1919 gives, or...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India what had been the decision of the Esher Committee on the question asked by the hon. Member for Gloucester (Thornbury Division) on 7th June last; and...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India whether proceedings have been instituted against any person or persons arising out of the death by suffocation of the 64 Moplah prisoners on 19th...
Sir J. D. REES: 4. asked the Secretary of State for India what measures are being taken to preserve law and order in the affected portions of the Malabar district in view of the fact that martial...
5. asked the Secretary of State for India whether the pensions of uncovenanted civil servants, e.g., Indian forest officials, heads of colleges, etc., who have an agreement with the Secretary of...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. HALL: 8. asked the Secretary of State for India what is the number of applications for premature retirement which have up to the present been received from members of the...
Sir F. HALL: 9. asked the Secretary of State for India what is the number of unsuccessful Bolshevist agents who are known to have been recalled from India by the Moscow Government; why these...
Mr. L. MALONE: 7. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he has any evidence to show that the proposal to grant credits to Greece under the Trade Facilities Act with British guarantees,...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 10. asked the Secretary of State for War how many men of the fighting services are under present regulations nut entitled to any war medals; and whether, in view of the...
11. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the method of recruitment of labour in Woolwich Arsenal operates through the employ- ment exchanges of the district; and what proportion of...
14. asked the Secretary of State for War if he has examined the records of the famous Irish regiments now about to be disbanded; and will he, in proof of the gratitude of Great Britain for their...
16. asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is proposed to make any reduction in the staff at Sandhurst for the training of cadets?
17. asked the Secretary of State for War the numbers of the British and Indian forces in Mesopotamia and Palestine, respectively, and what is the approximate monthly cost of each force; and...
19. asked the Secretary of State for War if the old headquarters house of the Portsmouth command in High Street. has been vacated and at what date; if it has been let, and for what amount; if...
15. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will set up a special committee to investigate and report upon the trading of the Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes, with an independent...
20. asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is his intention to issue any memorandum commenting on the findings of the Geddes Committee?
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the event of a percentage reduction on salaries being agreed upon in the case of certain sections of the community, as suggested in the Report of the...
Sir F. HALL: 55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in connection with the issue of their final Report, the Committee on National Expenditure have asked for information as regards the...
74. asked the Minister of Pensions whether it is his intention to issue any memorandum commenting on the findings of the Geddes Committee?
24. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any steps have yet been taken to call a constituent assembly together in Iraq; and what is the Government's present policy on this subject?
25. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet decided to appoint a Committee to inquire into the system of land tenure desirable in Tanganyika?
26. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in connection with the new Palestinian constitution, whether he will give an estimate of the number of persons likely to be enfranchised as...
27. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why Mr. Costaki Saba, late public prosecutor in Palestine, has been ordered to leave the country; and why he was refused a written order of...
28. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what control the proposed Legislative Assembly in Palestine will exercise on emigration?
29. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if Mr. Rosenberg, to whom the arms recently smuggled into Palestine through Haifa were consigned, has been released on £2,500 bail; and what...
The following question stood on the Paper in the name of Mr. CHARLES EDWARDS:
32. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the amending Ordinance upon compulsory labour in Kenya Colony has yet received his approval; and, if so, whether a copy will be placed...
45. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that Kenya Colony has recently borrowed largely in London on the security of the colonial revenues of that Colony; that it is freely suggested...
33. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many of the 35,000 Rhodesian natives referred to in White Book (Cmd. 547) have been removed from their reserves; and whether any compensation...
34. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the attitude of the Portsmouth police towards whist drives; why should they be banned in...
35. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the action of the police in taking proceedings against certain persons for annoying or insulting behaviour in Hyde Park;...
36. asked the Home Secretary, in view of the present acute poverty arising from low wages and unemployment, especially in South Wales and Monmouthshire, if he will take steps to prevent the...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 78. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what balances remain unexpended of the various funds to provide work for the unemployed; and what further financial provision the...
92. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the deep-rooted discontent in the minds of a very large number of casual labourers in all parts of the country on account of the waiting period...
Major C. LOWTHER: 38. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of Frederick Benton, now serving a sentence of imprisonment; whether he has received a petition...
Major C. LOWTHER: 39. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the remarks made by the learned judge on Saturday, when charging the grand jury at Hereford, as to the...
40 asked the Home Secretary whether he has completed his investigations into the activities, etc., of the Mormon missionaries in this country; and whether he is yet in a position to make any...
Major C. LOWTHER: asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the remarks made by the Chairman of the London Sessions on 15th February, when allowing the appeal of Oliver...
42. asked the Home Secretary whether, in consultation with the Metropolitan Police authorities, he will consider in what way a better class of motor taxi-cab hackney carriages can be encouraged...
43. asked the Home Secretary the number of applications for naturalisation which have been in his Department for more than 12 months: and is he prepared to consider the advisability of increasing...
Mr. MALONE: 44. asked the Home Secretary whether, in view of his statement made in the House on 25th October concerning the great value of police women, he can give an assurance that he will...
Mr. DOYLE: 47. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the tax on matches is being largely used by dealers as a desire to further profiteering; and whether, in preparing the...
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, since all questions concerning the development of Crown Colonies and Protectorates by private enterprise are passed, on the advice of the...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been realised to the latest available date of the £120,000,000 estimated for Excess Profits Duty and £158,500,000 estimated for...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that in 1844 the Chancellor of the Exchequer reduced the rate of interest of Consols from 3½1 per cent. to 3 per cent.; that in...
Colonel NEWMAN: 53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give the estimate of the total amount in sterling or gold marks which this country will have received from Germany by way...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, in consequence of the abnormal losses of the last two seasons, the continuance of the two experimental sugar-beet factories is...
59. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he can state the total yearly cost of the Scottish Education Department in London and in Edinburgh, including all officials that are under its direct...
62. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether he is aware of the handicap to agriculture in the Western Highlands and Islands of Scotland owing to the high steamer freights; and whether he will...
63. asked the Secretary for Scotland how many smallholders were settled by the Scottish Board of Agriculture in the years 1919, 1920, and 1921, respectively, and also during any period of this...
65. asked the Postmaster-General whether it is proposed to lay telegraph and telephone wires from New Romney Post Office to St. Mary's, a distance of about 2½ smiles, for private use only;...
66. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that, contrary to the recommendations of the Lytton Committee, a lady with private means is being retained in the Money Order Department,...
67. asked the Postmaster-General whether the Leafield and Cairo wireless stations, work on which was begun in the autumn of 1919, are now conducting a service; what has been the public...
70. asked the Minister of Pensions how many orderlies are employed in Ministry hospitals; and whether there is one orderly for every six patients?
71. asked the Minister of Pensions whether his attention has been called to the case of the late William Dixon, No. 7/19922, Border Regiment; whether he is aware that this man deserted his wife...
73. asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that the 20 per cent. pension to ex-Sergeant Charles Johnson, 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, is not being paid to him after being granted...
75. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many non-service men and how many women are employed in the office of the Public Trustee's Department in a temporary capacity; and what steps...
76. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many non-service men and how many women are employed in the Stationery Office Department in a tem- porary capacity; and what steps he is...
91. asked the Minister of Labour the number of disabled ex-service men trained in various trades under schemes for training such men; how many have been able to secure employment after completion...
77. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the profit or loss arising from the sale of life annuities through the National Debt Commissioners and the Post Office Savings Bank for...
79. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that a parcel containing chemicals for research work was despatched from Berlin on 17th December addressed to Mr. Garfield...
80. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that a duty of 33⅓ per cent. is being imposed on boys' drawing sets costing 5s. on the grounds that they are scientific...
82. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why duty is collected under the Safeguarding of Industries Act on some kinds of spectacles and not on others; if this is on the ground of...
84 and 85. asked the Secretary for Mines (1) the difference in price of pit timber, iron rails, wagons, tubs, and pulleys, and the general plant connected with the proper working of coal mines in...
87. asked the Minister of Health whether he has been urged by housing committees to extend until 1924 the period during which the subsidy for new houses will be given to local authorities,...
Mr. J. JONES: 94. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he has any information as to the payment or nonpayment of debts incurred by the auxiliary division of the Royal Irish Constabulary...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House any information as to how it was that Lieutenant Meade, R.A.S.C., and Quarter Master Sergeant...
Mr. MacCALLUM SCOTT: (by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries whether he has issued an Order amending the Foreign Animals Order of 1910 by extending the time for the...
CHARLES GEORGE AMMON, Esquire, for Borough of Camberwell (North Division).
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN (The Leader of the House): I beg to move, That the Proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means be exempted at this day's Sitting from the provisions of the Standing Order...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had selected the following Eleven Members to be the Chairmen's Panel, and to serve as Chairmen of the Six Standing...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That, in pursuance of Section 1, Sub-section (3), of the Parliament Act, 1911, they had appointed Mr. John William Wilson and Mr. Turton...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had selected the following Eight Members to be the Panel to serve on Unopposed Bill Committees under Standing Order No. 109;...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That, in pursuance of the provisions of the Private. Legisla- Hon Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899, they had selected the following...
Resolution reported.
"That a supplementary sum, not exceeding £455,000, be granted to His Majesty to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1922,...
Resolutions reported.
1. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,474,370, he granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
2. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £16,100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
4. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £150,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Motion made, and Question proposed,
Motion made, and Question proposed,
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £1,130,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Considered in Committee.
Ordered, "That the Committee of Public Accounts do consist of Fifteen Members:
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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