Monday, 6 March 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Provisional Order Bills (No Standing Orders applicable),—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That, in the case of the following...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has yet had an opportunity of investigating the prices now being charged for beer to the public; and whether the Board of Trade has any proposal...
5. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the great prestige of British insurance in general, both at home and abroad, very special steps will be taken to obtain and...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Dyestuffs Development Committee is not in textile trade circles considered to be sufficiently active in promoting the...
9. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the claim made 4½ years ago by Mr. Austin Kendall, late of the Indian Civil Service, of 47, Wynnstay Gardens,...
12. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the statistics of production and wages issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research in the United...
17. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether no Order has been made under Part II of the Safeguarding of Industries Act since the passing of the Act in August last; whether, in view of...
19. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Mr. Cyril Atkinson, K.C., announced his decision under Part I of the Safeguarding of Industries Act that a duty of 33£...
20. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the official shorthand writer to the Board of Trade, in connection with the Committee dealing with applications to impose a duty...
21. asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of complaints received by him for either the imposition or the withdrawal of the duty of 33⅓ per cent, upon commodities under the...
23. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that at the open inquiry to consider the imposing of a duty on tartaric acid and cream of tartar, Sir David Kerly, K.C.,...
Mr. DOYLE: 2. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give the number of oil wells now being worked in this country; the amount of oil raised during the past six months; the average...
25. asked the Prime Minister whether he will lay upon the Table the memorandum which he circulated at the Paris Conference, dated 25th March, 1919, in view of the fact that part of that...
26. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government have had any reply as yet from the German Government with reference to the escape from custody of the two criminals Boldt and Ditmar; whether...
33. asked the Prime Minister whether the Allies now employ any coloured troops in the occupied territory or in Germany; if so, how many, and to which Army they belong; whether this subject is to...
Mr. L. MALONE: 37. asked the Prime Minister whether, since Mustapha Kemal Pasha holds the actual power in the Turkish lands, His Majesty's Government contemplate opening negotiations with him in...
49. asked the Prime Minister what is the total amount of the continuing liabilities to France in respect of the hire of land or material in connection with the War?
28. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now state the names of the British delegates to the forthcoming International Conference at Genoa; and whether, in view of the postponement of the date...
39. asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been called to the anti-British and anti-French propaganda which is being scattered over the globe in English by the German wireless Press...
40. asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will take steps to issue in a popular form a record of the achievements of the Washington Conference in the spheres of public economy and...
Mr. L. MALONE: 41. asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the important oil interests operating in Mexico have now reached an agreement and that peaceful conditions now prevail...
42. asked the Prime Minister whether he can now see his way to be more constantly in attendance in the House at question time, in accordance with constitutional practice?
43. asked the Prime Minister what is the total cost of the Cabinet Press Bureau; who is the person in charge of the Publicity Department of the Cabinet; and whether, in view of existing...
Colonel NEWMAN: 46. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to a decree issued by Dail Eireann that, after a specified date, the registration certificates of births,...
106. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to a speech by one of the Irish delegates who signed the Agreement to the effect that he had signed the...
(by Private Notice)asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is able to inform the House as to what occurred during the withdrawal of the police from Tipperary and also to what is...
Captain BENN: 50. asked the Prime Minister whether any Government inquiry has been instituted into the question of proportional representation?
51. asked the Prime Minister whether a Sub-committee of the Committee of Imperial Defence has been considering the necessity of maintaining a separate Air Force.; and whether evidence in favour...
52. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether it has been decided to set up a Committee, as he in dicated was possible, to investigate the present methods of financial control exercised by the House, and...
53. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, seeing that the Geddes Committee was assisted by having attached to it officials from the Treasury, as has been asked for in the past by the Estimates...
Mr. LOCKER LAMPSON: 57. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is proposed to terminate the registration of business names, which employs a staff of 44, as proposed by the Geddes...
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON: 69. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether his Department sent a memorandum to the Cabinet advising the continuance of the Department, in...
54. asked the Lord Pi ivy Seal when it is expected that the Sub-Committee of Imperial Defence on Indian Military Requirements will have completed their inquiry; and when their decision will be...
98. asked the Secretary of State for India whether military officers who held high civil posts in India but who were compulsorily retired on attaining the age of 55 years before the completion of...
99. asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can give any information as to action now being taken or in prospect regarding emigration from India; and whether any barriers are being...
114. asked the Secretary of State for War how much the British garrison in India is now below strength; and what steps are being taken to bring it up to strength?
58. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the unemployment in this country, the Board of Trade will take steps to see that, as far as possible, only materials made in the...
89. asked the Minister of Labour whether it is within the power of local Employment Exchange officers to fix hours to suit their convenience for the signing of the vacant book by unemployed men;...
62. asked the President of the Board of Education whether His Majesty's Government will further consider, from the point of view of public economy without diminution of efficiency, the...
Sir F. HALL: 63. asked the President of the Board of Education whether the Government propose to introduce legislation to prevent the use of publicly maintained schools for the teaching of...
75. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a scheme of compensation for Anglo-Egyptian officials who will retire on or after the establishment of Egyptian independence was...
76. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the hard ships of English-born women who are widows of Belgian soldiers killed in the War, and who, by reason of...
Mr. L. MALONE: 77. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which British banks represent Great Britain in the Chinese Consortium; whether His Majesty's Government lay down the...
82. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to a statement in the Press in which Sir A. D. Hall, an official of the Ministry, alleged a dereliction of duty on the...
64. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if he is aware that much of the transport of heavy goods by road from Manchester to London via the Watney Street Road is cheaper...
65. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether any applications have been received from any of the railway or tube companies serving the London area for financial...
66. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he is aware that recently all omnibus and tramway fares have been reduced in the London area, and that no similar...
67. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether the railway companies propose to run excursion trains for the Easter holidays; whether the companies propose to run such...
70. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport how many staff officers were employed by that Department on 1st September, 1921, and 1st March, 1922; what was the cost of these...
90. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether it has now been arranged that Government officials drawing salaries of lees than£1,000 a year should be allowed only third-class...
78. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, seeing that in the year 1784 a formal Treaty was entered into between the British Government and the Six-Nations Tribe, that...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. HOPE: 86. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will guarantee that the female staff of the Midlothian Pensions Committee are not put to any expense in defence of the...
93. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he can yet state the approximate amount of one share of the second distribution of prize money?
94. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Admiralty have recently decided to deduct Income Tax from the lodging allowances of officers employed in duties on shore and to...
95 and 96. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty (1) whether he is aware of the lack of promotion in the Navy to warrant electrician; that the Admiralty have ordered that officers...
100. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Manchester Director of Housing recently stated that 18 months ago a house containing three bedrooms cost£1,000, and that the...
101. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the new houses erected by the Mirfield Urban District Council under the Government scheme impose upon the tenants a charge of£3 4s. 6d....
107. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonics whether he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the petition from the inhabitants of St. Lucia praying for the creation of...
108. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of persons who have been settled in Canada, Australasia, and South Africa, respectively, under the Government settlement scheme in...
115. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in view of the grave apprehension of those engaged in the agricultural industry, and of those who are responsible for the health of...
116. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give figures to show whether the annual trade done by the co-operative society movement pays its proportionate share of taxation towards the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any further news as to the position at Hong Kong; whether the Government of Southern China, at present existing at...
Colonel L. WARD: (by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the loss of the British trawler "Magneta"; whether this vessel was arrested by a Russian...
(by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is proposed to resume the issue of 5 per cent. Treasury Bonds?
(by Private Notice) asked the Leader of the House whether there is any change in the Government business for this week?
Sir PERCY WILSON NEWSON, Baronet, for the County of Warwick (Tamworth Division).
Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLSON reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had discharged the following Member from Standing Committee A (in respect of the Pawnbrokers Bill): Sir John Baird; and...
Considered in Committee. [Third Day.]
(1) The Articles of Agreement for a Treaty between Great Britain and Ireland set forth in the Schedule to this Act shall have the force of law as from the date of the passing of this Act.
1. Ireland shall have the same constitutional status in the Community of Nations known as tile British Empire as the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New...
1. The following are the specific facilities required:—
(a) Admiralty property and rights to be retained as at the date hereof. Harbour defences to remain in charge of British care and maintenance parties.
(b) Harbour defences to remain in charge of British care and maintenance parties. Certain mooring buoys to be retained for use of His Majesty's ships.
(c) Harbour defences to remain in charge of British care and maintenance parties.
(d) Harbour defences to remain in charge of British care and maintenance parties.
(e) Facilities in the neighbourhood of the above ports for coastal defence by air.
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