Tuesday, 14 March 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills,—Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following Bill, introduced pursuant to the Provisions...
2. asked the Secretary of State for India, whether he is aware that in the attack on the police post at Chauri Chaura on 4th February, when 22 policemen were murdered, soaked with oil, and burnt,...
3. asked the Secretary of State for India whether, considering the present state of India, it is his intention to sanction the Bills about to be introduced into the Indian Legislature for the...
4. asked the Secretary of State for India in what respects, if any, the status of the officials in the Public Works Department has been altered or modified by recent administrative action; and,...
Sir J. D. REES: 5. asked the Secretary pf State for India when an announce- ment will be made regarding the successor to Lord Sinha as Governor of Behar and Orissa?
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 8. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the disappointment caused by the delay in granting a home service medal; and, having regard to the fact that...
16. asked the Secretary of State for War how many temporary officers are at present employed in His Majesty's Army?
19. asked the Secretary of State for War what was the total strength of the National Reserve before the War; what was their annual cost; and how many were re-enlisted for the War?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON: 21. asked the Secretary of State for War what is the present establishment of the Royal Army Medical Corps?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON: 22. asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is proposed to retain the Army hospital ship which costs £172,000 a year.
24. asked the Secretary of State for War what brigades of field artillery and batteries of horse artillery have been selected for disbandment; if consideration is being shown to the seniority of...
25. asked the Secretary of State for War what inducements, if any, will be offered to officers to retire, in view of the proposed large reduction in establishments; and, in cases of compulsory...
27. asked the Secretary of State for War whether time-expired soldiers returning from foreign service are entitled to any leave or bonus in lieu irrespective of whether they are retained beyond...
18. asked the Secretary of State for War in which countries British Military Missions are now employed; when they will be withdrawn; what is the total number of officers and other ranks, respectively,
28. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many English and/or French and/or American Jews have emigrated to settle in Palestine during the last 12 months; and if he is aware that the...
29. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what pay and allowances are being offered to the various ranks of the new constabulary for the Middle East; whether this force is to be mounted...
30. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make an investigation as to whether, under the mui tsai system of Hong Kong, the mui tsai girls of any household do, upon the death of...
33. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that during divine service on Sunday evening last, 5th March, Kilmanaheen Rectory, Ennistymon, county Clare, was entered by a...
37. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the assurances given by His Majesty's Government as to guaranteeing the pensions and compensation of the officials, members of police...
38. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any of the persons kidnapped by the forces of the Irish Free State are yet unaccounted for or have not yet been released, including...
32. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the surcharged stamps issued by the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State were first submitted to the bureau of the...
36. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give any information as to the recent events in Somaliland; and can he state what is the present position?
39. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, in view of the reported statements of Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, that no scheme of immigration can succeed unless...
40. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Guy Aldred is not to be released till 21st June although, owing to his confinement awaiting trial, his imprisonment will then have...
41. asked the Home Secretary whether he is prepared to give special consideration to an application for naturalisation made by Mr. J Goldstein, of 8, St. Thomas's Road, Hackney, who has been in...
Sir J. D. REES: 47. asked the Prime Minister whether he has arranged for an inquiry into the feasibility of abolishing the per-centage giant system at an early date?
68. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the sum of £2,679,937 required for stationery and printing for 1922–23 is distributed among the several public Departments?
69. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will issue a paper supplementary to Paper No. 33 (Estimates for Civil Services and Revenue Departments) showing, under each item, the total net...
Mr. DOYLE: 51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that large numbers of ex-service men have invested all their available savings and earnings in buying motor lorries and...
Mr. G. DOYLE: 52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in view of the regularity with which Great Britain is paying the interest on her war debt to the United States and the declaration of...
53. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in cases where the widow of a soldier killed in the War can prove that she spends all the allowances for children upon the actual maintenance of...
54. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is the intention of the Government to charge 10s. for registering the annual Return each year for friendly societies and for the quinquennial...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of Victory Bonds or other Government stocks held until drawn or paid off by the National Debt Commissioners in respect of payments for...
57. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the decree, signed by the French Minister of Finance, in which it is announced that on and after 10th March the...
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount the Government has gained or lost owing to money exchange in the years 1918–19, 1919–20, 1920–21, and 1921–22?
59. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the various categories of the War Loan; the rates of interest paid on each; and the price at which they have to be redeemed?
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can give the amount of the indebtedness of the Russian Government upon the outbreak of War in August, 1914, to British investors in Russian...
62. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received a request from the Thetford Board of Guardians for a refund of duty paid on tobacco consumed by the workhouse inmates; and...
63. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the amount of the legal fees payable to the legal profession by the public in order to carry out the provisions of Section 4 of the Finance...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of documents stamped with the particulars-delivered stamp in the first 11 months of the financial year ending 31st March, 1922; and...
Colonel NEWMAN: 65. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the German Government is proposing to raise a loan with a view to stabilising its country's finances; will this loan be an...
Colonel NEWMAN: 67. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, since the fall in the value of the mark from 6d. at the time of the Armistice to less than ¼d. has had the effect of...
104. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether his attention has been called to the failure to settle the claims of Scottish fish curers whose stocks were seized in Germany during the...
70. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Linney, the deaf labourer from Hancastle, who was acquitted of murder after being 11 weeks in gaol; and whether,...
71. asked the Home Secretary what cause is to be assigned to the women of the Metropolitan police women patrols for their dismissal; and whether any compensation, and, if so, what amount, is to...
73. asked the Home Secretary the wages paid to those employed in the department of a Tipton factory where an explosion recently took place resulting in the loss of many lives?
81. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the sentences of three months' imprisonment with hard labour imposed upon four unemployed workmen named Murphy,...
82. asked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Nurse A. G. M. Millar, who was dismissed from her post of health visitor of the Lochgelly local authority;...
83. asked the Secretary for Scotland what was the cost of the land bought by the Board of Agriculture for Scotland at Thirdpart; how many small holdings are being formed thereon; how much is...
92. asked the Minister of Pensions the total number of ex-service men drawing pensions, and the number that are on full pension pay?
93. asked the Minister of Pensions what are the pensions payable, respectively, to a totally disabled man, and a war widow with two dependent children at the present time, s compared with...
97. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that ex-Private T. Goodchild, No. 17,868, 3rd King's Shropshire Light Infantry, after being discharged in February, 1918, as suffering from...
Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAY: 98. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, for the convenience of agriculturists, he is taking steps to collect together into one Consolidation Act the measures...
Major C. LOWTHER: 99. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, according to a survey taken in the 12th year of Queen Elizabeth's reign by the direction of Her Majesty, there is...
Captain BENN: 77. asked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to a statement by Mr. Pope, magistrate to the North London Police Court, on the 20th February, that it was a...
Mr. L. MALONE: 78. asked the Home Secretary whether he proposes to introduce a Regulation making the carrying of a rear lamp by cyclists compulsory; and what is the purpose of the Regulation,...
86. asked the Postmaster-General whether he will reconsider his refusal to grant official recognition to the National Federation of Postal and Telegraph Clerks, seeing that it is an undoubted...
Mr. WALLACE: 87. asked the Post master-General why delivery of telegrams from Pathhead Post Office, Kirkcaldy, has been stopped; and whether he is aware of the delay and inconvenience caused to...
88. asked the Postmaster-General when it is proposed to extend the toll area for telephone calls, and to what radius?
100. asked the Minister of Agriculture whether any fresh outbreaks of foot and mouth disease have been reported in South Yorkshire during the past week; and when he expects to be able to declare...
101. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has received a copy of the resolution which was passed unanimously by the Lancashire Council of Meat Traders, protesting against the continuance of...
102. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he can now give an assurance that the Allotments Bill will be introduced before Easter and every opportunity be taken to pass it into law this Session?
105. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the particulars of the Act of Parliament under which ex-Engineer Blight, Northampton Prison, was refused compensation for injuries received in...
106. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in view of the fact that in the last periodic review of the business done in life annuities through the National Debt Commissioners and...
107. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that cases of goods under marks 2,900, 340, and 134/6 arrived in Hull, per ss. "Schwalbe," on the 6th December, and that the same...
110. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he proposes to continue the system of special grants to the education authorities in necessitous areas?
111. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that no announcement has yet been made on the Chelmsford Report on the Education (Choice of Employment) Act; that the period...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he can give the House any information as to the engineering lock-out; whether, in particular, the Government have suggested arbitration,...
Sir J. D. REES: May I ask, Mr. Speaker, how an hon. Member can get an oral answer from the Secretary of State for the Home Department or the President of the Board of Education? Though I have...
"to regulate the composition of flour milled as standard flour and of bread sold as standard bread," presented by Mr. HASLAM; supported by Lieut.-Colonel Raw and Major Molson; to be read a Second...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection: That they had nominated Standing Committee A as the Committee on which Government Bills shall not have precedence.
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had nominated the following Members to serve on Standing Committee B; Sir Ryland Adkins, Mr. Ammon, Mr. Barrand, Sir Charles...
[2nd ALLOTTED DAY.]
"That a sum, not exceeding £148,300,000, be granted to His Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the Charges for certain Civil Services and Revenue Departments for the year ending on...
I beg to move to leave out "£148,300,000," and to insert instead thereof "£148,299,900." I move this reduction in order that we may discuss the Government's policy in Egypt and the...
I have given notice of a Motion to reduce the Police Vote by £100, in order to draw attention to the question of women police, and to ask why the Home Office has not given effect to the...
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of such sums, not exceeding in the whole nine hundred and fifty thousand pounds, as are required for...
"to provide money for the payment of calls on share capital in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited, acquired under the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (Acquisition of Capital) Amendment Act, 1919,...
I beg to move, That the Draft Order amending Final Order No. 8, made, under Section 11 (8) of the Education Act, 1902, laid upon the Table of this House on the 7th day of February, be not...
Read a Second time, and committed to a Standing Committee.
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