Monday, 27 March 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Staffordshire Potteries Water Bill,
3. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can report any further progress in his investigations into the price of beer charged to the public, and in particular whether he can yet...
6. asked the President of the Board of Trade when the existing contract for the sale of surplus commercial vehicles to the owners of the Slough depot expires; whether it is proposed to renew it;...
10. asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantities of foodstuffs, farina and farifeed have been produced by the British farina mills at King's Lynn since the Government acquired a...
14 and 15. asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how many inquiries by the Committee have been held under Part II of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921; in how many cases have...
16. asked the President of the Board of Trade if the silk industry has complained to the Board of Trade under the provisions of Part II of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921; if so, what is...
Dr. MURRAY: 17. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can explain why Piano and B. I. convex lenses, worked and used in connection with motor and other lamps for illuminating or...
Dr. MURRAY: 18. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has personally read the judgment given by the official referee in regard to the cream of tartar, tartaric acid, and citric...
22. asked the President of the Board of Trade how many complaints have been received by his Department, under Part II (1) (a) of the Safeguarding of Industries Act, alleging that goods are being...
46. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can give the date when he received the Report of a Committee appointed under Part II of the Safeguarding of Industries Act to deal with...
Mr. FOOT: 47. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received the Report of the Committee appointed by him under Part II of the Safeguarding of Industries Act to consider a...
1. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether steps will be taken with his active support and that of his Department to counteract the impression now being made in the Brazilian aniline...
8. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that up to December last lists of licences granted under the Dyestuffs (Import Regulation) Act, marked confidential, were circulated to...
Mr. MALONE: 48. asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the difference in this country in pounds sterling of our import and export trade in 1913 and in 1921?
7. asked the President of the Board of Trade who is the, present representative of the British Government on the Central Rhine Commission; and, in view of the decisions to be taken on the 25th...
29. asked the Prime Minister how many meetings of the Supreme Council have been held since the signing of the last of the Treaties of Peace arising out of the 1914–1918 War; at how many of...
31. asked the Prime Minister what is the present position in the difficulty between Poland and Lithuania over Vilna; and whether any reply has been received from either of those countries to the...
34. asked the Prime Minister whether it is now proposed that the next meeting of the Council of the League of Nations should take place earlier than 25th April; who will represent the British...
38. asked the Prime Minister whether he authorised the publication, on Friday last, of a memorandum circulated by him to the Peace Conference on 25th March, 1919, as a Command Paper, No. 1614;...
25. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Stan Harding, who went into Russia on a safe-conduct from the Soviet Government and on arrival was cast into...
26. asked the Prime Minister whether he has received representations from the Empire Press Union on behalf of the leading journals of this and overseas British countries viewing with anxiety the...
Lieut.-Colonel A. MURRAY: 27. asked the Prime Minister if he will say when the Motion in connection with the proposed Genoa Conference will be placed upon the Paper?
28. asked the Prime Minister whether it is proposed to appoint another Minister of Transport, and whether the status of the Ministry of Transport is to be altered in the coming financial year?
30. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the unrest created in the country by the Geddes Committee recommending serious cuts in the cost of education, and the serious effects such economy...
Colonel BURN: 50. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that up to the time of the Training of the Teachers (Superannuation) Bill, 1918, all applications from teachers...
51. asked the President of the Board of Education what further measures he has in view to secure the closer co-ordination necessary in the great majority of cases between inspectors of the...
56. asked the President of the Board of Education whether the Government will appoint a Select Committee to consider the superannuation of teachers, with a view to introducing such modifications...
58. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that teachers are being dismissed in various parts of the country, through no fault of their own, on the ground of economy;...
59. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that, on grounds of economy, a number of the special schools in London for physically and mentally defective children are...
62. asked the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been drawn to the proposal of the Education Committee of the Kent County Council to purchase a motor-car for the...
37. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the recent collapse in the German exchange; and what steps, in view of the urgent need of a stabilised exchange for the...
Mr. L. MALONE: 40. asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of paragraph 2 (Pacific Treaty) of the agreement of 13th December, 1921, the Powers signatory to the Treaty would be diplomatically...
41. asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, since no decision of the House on the question of the Draft Mandate for Palestine has yet been given, he will give half a day, in the event of a Resolution...
Sir F. HALL: 49. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in bankruptcies in which the creditors have appointed a Committee of Inspection, the Board of Trade have issued instructions to...
71. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the British Customs authorities have had to complain of a pronounced tendency of Germans to attempt smuggling;...
Major C. LOWTHER: 75. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of his statement in the House of Commons, on 5th May last, that it is a disadvantage, not only to...
63. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport how many of the by-pass roads around the County of London which were commenced by grants of money from his Department in order...
65. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport what is the size of the staff employed in the statistics section of the Ministry; whether the rates tribunal have been consulted...
66. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he is aware of the serious hardship entailed upon large numbers of small investors whose sole capital is locked up in...
69. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he has received a report of the serious damage by fire to the Goole railway bridge; whether he is aware that this damage...
70. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport what total compensation for economised directors has been passed by the tribunal as to be paid by the Western Railways group for...
77. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Allied Governments have made any inquiries of the Angora Turkish delegation as to the willingness of the Turks to conclude...
79. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has any record that the Board some years ago issued a circular to the farming community suggesting that it might help them over bad times if, as a...
Lieut. - Colonel BELL: 82. asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that, owing to the fall in milk prices, many of the ex-service men recently settled on the land are now faced with...
83. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, the number of men working in Hyde Park and St. James's Park; what is the number of...
84. asked the hon. Member for the Pollok Division of Glasgow, as representing the First Commissioner of Works, whether he will institute an inquiry with a view to improving the acoustics in this...
89. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when it is proposed to place contracts for the guns and gun-mountings required in the two new battleships; and whether the Admiralty...
86. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the Disposal Commission is entering into another contract with the Aircraft Disposals Company; what are the terms of such contract; and...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any information to give the House with regard to the disturbed conditions in Ireland—in Belfast especially?
Has the Leader of the House any information to give us with regard to the change of business for the week?
Lieut.-Colonel Sir PHILIP WIGHAM RICHARDSON, O.B.E., for County of Surrey (Chertsey Division).
"to provide for the nationalisation of land in Great Britain and the abolition of private property therein," presented by Mr. WALTER SMITH; supported by Mr. Cape, Mr. William Graham, Mr....
"to make provision with respect to the period for which certain accounts, subject to audit by district auditors, are to be made up and audited; to authorise the holding of extraordinary audits of...
That they have agreed to,
Lords Amendments to be considered upon Wednesday, and to be printed. [Bill 67.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time.
Order for Second Reading read.
I do not offer any apology to the House for mentioning to-day the subject of foreign policy, since the Order Paper and Supplementary Questions show the deep and keen interest questions of foreign...
I want to-day to say a word or two about the pressure that has been brought to bear from India to secure this solution at which the Noble Lord has arrived, and to which this country is, I hope,...
I am going to ask the House to come back from India and follow me for a few moments while I take them to the border between Ulster and Southern Ireland. As the House knows, the Government, by the...
Ordered, "That Sir Thomas Poison be discharged from the Committee, and that Sir Cecil Beck be added to the Committee."—[Lieut.-Colonel Gibbs.]
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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