Thursday, 30 March 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Railways (West Scottish Group) Bill (by Order),
1. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Private Leslie Dillon, No. 32,176, late of Labour Battalion, the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, now residing at 31, Trewent Street,...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether a new regulation has been issued in the case of wives not legally separated but living apart from their husbands, that pension allowances are not now...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that a large number of ex-service men whose disabilities have been previously marked as caused by their service are now having these altered...
Mr. MACLEAN: 4. asked the Minister of Pensions whether a large number of ex-service men entitled to pensions are having their papers marked spare-time treatment, fit for light work; whether he is...
13. asked the Secretary of State for Air what steps have been taken to investigate or develop the aeroplane tank which was submitted to the Royal Air Force authorities too late to take part in...
14. asked the Secretary of State for Air whether his Department pay or allow any subsidies to any commercial aviation companies; if so, will he state to how many of such companies they are paid,...
5. asked the Minister of Pensions the number of ex-service men confined in lunatic asylums on 1st January, 1921, 1st October, 1921, and at the present date?
85. asked the Minister of Labour what is the total number of tradesmen who are entitled to call themselves Royal Warrant holders; and what proportion of that number are on the King's Roll?
86. asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that Colonel Summers, D.S.O., D.S.C., and Commander Pethick, officers with records of distinguished combatant service, have been dismissed...
95. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the available qualified men on the March, 1921, Post Office Supplementary Clerk Selection Board List awaiting appointments, he will refrain...
8. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he can now announce the arrangements that have been made for restoring the arms and ammunition taken from loyal subjects during the past two or...
9. asked the Chief Secretary what provision was made in
10. asked the Chief Secretary if he is aware that Mr. W. Henry, clerk in the office of the General Prisons Board, Dublin Castle, has been employed for the past seven years on Treasury class...
36. asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to a statement made by Mr. Michael Collins at Cork on the 12th March, 1922, as reported in the Press of 13th March, 1922, to the...
68. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the perpetrators of the murders of the police in St. Bride's Home, Galway, or the muderer of Sergeant Gloster in Cork, or the robbers who...
73. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to say whether the Provisional Government accept the responsibility for the payment of the pensions of the...
74. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the fact that a Convention of the Irish Republican Army was held at the Mansion House, Dublin, on the...
15. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can take any steps to expedite the payment by the German authorities of substantiated claims of those persons whose luggage...
17. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Article 54 of the Treaty of Neuilly, guaranteeing equal rights and protection to Bulgarian minorities, has been ignored in Greek...
Mr. L. MALONE: 34. asked the Prime Minister whether the proposal put for ward for the settlement of the German reparations problem by the acceptance of Germany of responsibility for inter-Allied...
(by Private. Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the published statement that an attempt was made by the. Prime Minister at Spa in July, 1920, to squeeze...
19. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been called to the action of the Mexican Government in retaining the property of the Mexican Southern Railway...
22. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department if he is aware that strong attempts are now being made in the United States of America to capture the bulk of the import...
20. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps are being taken to safeguard the important British interests in Azerbaijan and Georgia, in view of the fact that these Soviet...
Mr. WALLACE: 23. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether his attention has been called to the imposition of an Export Duty by the Spanish Government of 25...
Mr. DOYLE: 24. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of persons who were committed to prison during the closing months of 1921 for non-payment of rates for the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether an agreement was reached at the Boulogne Conference, or otherwise, between the Prime Minister and M. Poincaré as to the agenda of the...
Mr. DOYLE: 38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been called to the fact that the price of tea has been considerably increased during the past few days; whether such rise...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 39. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that friendly societies generally view with considerable alarm the proposal of the National Economy Committee that a...
40. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in responding to the requests of the universities for State grants, he will consider the desirability of transferring to them in each university...
Sir S. ROBERTS: 41. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the taxation and expenditure per head in 1921.
43. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the introduction of the Budget?
44. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the present Earl Nelson receives a gratuity or pension; if so, which; and, if the latter, what amount per annum and the total amount he has duly...
48. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total sum received in respect of the sale of war stores from the date of the Armistice to the 28th February, 1922; and whether the whole of that sum...
50. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated cost of the War Graves Commission for the forthcoming year will be, and under what heading the Estimate will be presented?
37. asked the Lord Privy Seal when the House will rise for Easter; and whether, in the interests of the large number of hard-working Members whose children have holidays at Easter, he will...
Mr. DOYLE: 51. asked the Home Secretary, in view of the increasing list of undiscovered murders and crimes of violence, what steps, if any, he is taking for the reorganisation of the police; and...
45. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the great hardship imposed upon owner-drivers of taxi-cabs who have paid £15 Motor Vehicle Duty in January, 1922, and who have had...
52. asked the Home Secretary the convictions for drunkenness in England, Scotland, and Wales, respectively, for each of the last three periods of six months?
53. asked the Home Secretary is it the intention of the Government to acquire a number of licensed houses outside Carlisle on behalf of the State; if so, what is the number; and from what fund...
54. asked the Home Secretary whether he is in a position to make any statement concerning the revision of the fares charged in the Metropolitan area by motor taxi hackney carriages?
56. asked the Home Secretary if he will give the date of the petition for naturalisation presented by Mr. F. A. Szarvassy, a director of the British, Foreign, and Colonial Corporation, Limited,...
57. asked the Home Secretary whether ex-Police Constable Lowes, who was demobilised from the Army in January, 1919, and was refused reinstatement in the Metropolitan Police on medical grounds,...
58. asked the Home Secretary whether the Industrial Workers of the World has been declared an illegal conspiracy in England, as it has been in America; whether his attention has been called to...
59. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the great inconvenience caused to shopkeepers and the public, especially in watering places and pleasure resorts, owing to the fact that they...
64. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Aden is now under the administration of the Colonial Office; and, if not, when it is intended that this Protectorate be transferred from...
66. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the death roll amongst the natives at Nairobi has increased beyond that given in the first telegrams?
Mr. T. THOMSON: 77. asked the President of the Board of Education whether local education committees were consulted by his Department before the new form of accounts was adopted; whether he is...
79. asked the President of the Board of Education what is the exact purpose and meaning of Form 75 as., in revision and completion of Form 74gs., as sent to schoolmasters, especially what the...
Major JOHN EDWARDS: 80. asked the President of the Board of Education what was the total amount of grant paid by the Board in the last complete financial year in respect to the following non...
81. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has now considered the memorial presented to him on the 12th January by the National Society of Art Masters in favour of an...
83. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware of the proposal of the Hampshire Local Education Authority to close the elementary school at Chalton, Horndean, Hants; that...
Mr. MALONE: 84. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he is aware that the Burnham standard and the Pensions Act of 1918 have attracted a number of young people, among them many...
Mr. MALONE: 87. asked the Minister of Labour what has been the total amount of the State contribution under the Unemployment Insurance Acts and the Unemployed Workers' Dependants Act for the year...
104. asked the hon. Member for Monmouth, as representing the Forestry Commissioners, if he can give the number of schemes in respect to afforestation made under the unemployment scheme; if so,...
88. asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the continued non-settlement of the engineering and shipbuilding trades dispute, he will now cause an inquiry into the matter to be instituted...
91. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether a line, conference has been set up by the Midland Railway Company for the police in their employ in accordance with the...
90. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport what progress has been made with the construction of new highways in South Yorkshire; and what sums have been granted for this...
94. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the railway companies are killing the fish trade in South Wales by their charges for
98. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Aberdare Council's housing scheme has turned out to be a failure; that the original estimate per house was £750; that only 23 houses...
99. asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that part of Cambois colliery village, Northumberland, has been flooded; that 60 workmen's homes have been inundated with water, and that the...
100. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if a date, day, and hour has been decided upon before which, or after which, all men entering the dockyards are pre-War or post-War...
103. asked the Secretary for Mines if he is aware that there are over one million of miners employed in the mines of this country; that £110,000,000 are paid in wages; that £160,000,000...
107. asked the Secretary of State for War the grounds on which the balance-sheet of the Expeditionary Force Canteens, audited and certified by Messrs. Maxwell, Hicks, and Company, as on 31st...
May I draw your attention, Mr. Speaker, to the fact that my question No. 108 has not been called?
109. asked the Secretary of State for War whether the order for silver medals at present being made at Woolwich has been reduced by 150,000; whether this work was done as well as and cheaper than...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affaire whether his attention has been called to the telegram from the Patriarch of Constantinople to the Archbishop of...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government have yet come to a decision on the proposal, placed before the Chancellor of the Exchequer recently by a large and...
May I ask my right hon. Friend if he can indicate the course of business for next week, and if he can also inform the House whether any change is proposed in the order of business as set down...
"to amend the enactments relating to street trading by children and young persons under the age of seventeen in Scotland," presented by Mr. MUNRO; supported by Mr. C. D. Murray; to be read a...
"to enable local authorities in England to levy rates in respect of land values," presented by Mr. MYERS; supported by Mr. Rhys Davies, Mr. Morgan Jones, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Lunn, Mr. Mills, Mr. J....
Sunderland and South Shields Water Bill,
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to assimilate and amend the Law of Real and Personal Estate; to abolish copyhold and other special tenures; to amend the Law relating to...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time To-morrow, and to be printed. [Bill 77.]
Considered in Committee.
Resolution reported, That it is expedient to authorise the Secretary of State in Council of India to raise in the United Kingdom any sum or sums of money, not exceeding £50,000,000, for the...
"to empower the Secretary of State in Council of India to raise money in the United Kingdom for the service of the Government of India, and for other- purposes relating thereto," presented...
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [29th March], "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Read a Second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House for To-morrow.
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time, and committed.
Consideration, as amended, deferred till To-morrow.
Second Reading deferred till Tomorrow.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Question, "That the Bill be now read a Second time."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
Heads of Agreement between the Provisional Government and the Government of Northern Ireland.1. PEACE is to-day declared.2. From to-day the two Governments undertake to co-operate in every way in...
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