Thursday, 6 April 1922
The House met at a Quarter before Three of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Private Bills [Lords] (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...
2. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is able to give the date when the pensions office at Acton will be completed and fully occupied: what the total number of staff will amount to; and...
3. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is able to give approximate figures showing how War pensions in this country compare with those given in France, Belgium, and Italy?
7. asked the Secretary of State for Air how many paid members comprise the Aeronautical Research Committee; how much is paid to them and how they are paid; how many sittings have been held during...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it is proposed to put the Peninsula of Gallipoli under the Greeks or under an Allied Commission; and if His Majesty's Government...
31. asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make with reference to the interview he had with the representative of the "Westminster Gazette" in Paris, which appeared in the...
9. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Hungarian landowners in Czecho-Slovakia are receiving their rents; and whether Hungarian landowners in Rumania have had their...
Major BARNES: 11. asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps have been taken in Egypt to implement the pledge given by Lord Allenby to suspend martial law so as to allow...
Mr. L. MALONE: 13. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether he is aware that American trade is now supplanting British enterprise in Mexico; and whether, in the...
Sir J. D. REES: 14. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the result of his consultation with the Wild Birds Advisory Committee regarding the protection of snipe from...
Mr. TREVELYAN THOMSON: 15. asked the Home Secretary how many police authorities in the provinces had appointed women police; and what had been the effect of these appointments upon the good...
16. asked the Home Secretary if he will state, in connection with the State management districts, the approximate reduction which would be shown in the percentage return to capital if in the...
Mr. FOOT: 18. asked the Home Secretary whether the reception of women prisoners has been discontinued at the prison at Plymouth; what provision is to be made for women detained at Plymouth on...
Colonel NEWMAN: 4 and 6. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland (1) whether the position of a British subject domiciled in the Irish Free State is analogous with regard to the payment and rate of...
Colonel NEWMAN: 5. asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether, in view of the importance and complexity of the matter it contains, he will take steps to have the Order in Council, dated the...
44. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the special constables captured at Clones have yet been released; if the murderers of Lieutenant Ginochio have been apprehended; if not,...
45. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Government will take steps to embody in an Act of Parliament, to be passed this Session, the various pledges they have given...
61. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what precautions were taken to guard the "Upnor," whose cargo was seized off the South Coast of Ireland; under whose orders the "Upnor"...
70. asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that Messrs. Morgan and Allen, traffic superintendents, Dublin, are Englishmen who were officially transferred to Ireland in 1908; and...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can give the House any information with regard to the atrocities committed on two disbanded members of the Royal Irish...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the recent decision to disband Irish regiments and in view of the disturbed state of Ireland, any steps are taken to...
Rear-Admiral Sir R. HALL: 27. asked the Prime Minister whether it is intended to change the status of the Russian agent in this country into that of a diplomatic officer before this House has...
28. asked the Prime Minister whether he will take such steps as may be necessary to ascertain as soon as possible whether the Russian Government is willing to afford every facility to members of...
29. asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the existing inequalities in the civil and criminal law as between men and women, he will consider appointing a Committee, departmental or...
30. asked the Prime Minister whether any special allowances are to be made to or any expenses incurred by the British delegation or staff at Genoa other than those incurred in travelling, and, if...
32. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can now state the date of the introduction of the Budget?
33. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what commodities and articles are taxed in Germany by the Government and States; and what are the respective taxes in 1913 and 1922?
34. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the entire amount paid up to date in the shape of pension to Earl Nelson and his successors under the Statute of George III, c. 146?
35. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is his intention to renew the tablewater duties, seeing that, owing to the heavy taxation, the output of sweetened beverages was reduced in 1920 by...
36. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, by means of a circular or otherwise, he will impress upon the several Departments the grave objection felt to the issue of Supplementary Estimates,...
37. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of home and foreign debt due for repayment in the new financial year; the rate of interest payable on that debt; and the amount of relief to...
38. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the British representatives at the Genoa Conference will be able to include within their purview the possibility of utilizing silver to assist...
41. asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that William Morrell, 92, Chapel Street, Ancoats (or 107, Redbank), Manchester, a disabled pensioner, suffering from consumption, was recently...
43. asked the Home Secretary whether pre-War police pensioners who had their pensions increased by 50 per cent. have now had such reduced to 33½ per cent. above pre-War; and, if so, will he...
Mr. GIDEON MURRAY: 47. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies has yet presented his Report upon his recent official visit to the...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 48. asked the Minister of Health whether, when considering Amendments to the Milk and Dairies Act of 1915, he will give favourable consideration to the desirability of enabling...
Mr. FREDERICK GREEN: 49. asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Rural District Council of Bridgnorth have recently appointed a sanitary inspector at a salary of £150 per...
51. asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider the advisability of preparing the lists and registers of elections annually, in view of the heavy cost of preparing the same?
52. asked the Minister of Health the number of deaths occasioned by starvation or accelerated by privation that have occurred in the counties of Durham, Yorkshire, and Berkshire, respectively,...
Mr. T. THOMSON: 53. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, having regard to the excessive burden of rates in industrial areas owing to trade depression at the present time, he can...
Mr. MALONE: 54. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, seeing that teachers are entitled to a pension on reaching the age of 60 only if they have given at least 30 years' service,...
Mr. MALONE: 55. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, before proceeding to embody in a Bill the proposals of the Geddes Committee regarding education which the Government have...
56. asked the President of the Board of Education how many children were in receipt of maintenance allowances in the year ending 31st March, 1921, in ordinary public elementary schools, in...
59. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, as stated on page 156 of the Third Report of the Committee on National Expenditure, the number of naval officers receiving...
62. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if he has received a communication from the Hampshire Automobile Club, with a copy of a resolution expressing their opinion that...
67. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to recent changes in Spanish tariffs and to the manner in which they are penalising British trade; whether it...
68. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that licences to import special German dyes are withheld on the grounds that such German dyes are available in this country and that...
69. asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the loss of 2¼ millions sterling of the capital of the Western Counties Shipping Company and to the fact...
71. asked the Postmaster General whether he is now in a position to make a definite statement as to the new postal rates which are under consideration?
73. asked the Minister of Labour if his attention has been drawn to the report that, in the event of the dispute in the shipbuilding industry leading to a stoppage, certain vessels now being...
74. asked the Minister of Labour whether, having regard to the fact that large numbers of workmen are unemployed in Wembley and that no relief scheme has been started there, he will give...
76. asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the case of a man by the name of Thomas Jackson, residing at Edmonton, who burned his right hand very badly in trying to put out the flames by...
78. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that the balance of a debt due from the Ministry of Munitions to Messrs. Woodhead Brothers, Leeds, still remains unpaid; and...
79 asked (1) the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that some 8,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition have recently been sold from Woolwich Arsenal to a Birmingham firm to...
86. asked the Secretary of State for War if, in the interests of efficiency and economy, he will consider the advisability of abolishing the posts of G.S.O., 3 (E)?
87. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the great difficulty of masons in the, Northern and Midland parts of the Kingdom in tendering for the erection of headstones in...
80. asked the Minister of Agriculture who is the Hop Controller; what are the terms of his engagement and what salary he receives; and whether there is any appeal from the decisions he gives when...
85. asked the Secretary of State for War the reasons why the Navy, Army, and Air Force institutes have advanced £14,000 on mortgage to the Schools and Services Supplies, Limited; whether he...
90. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has obtained a reply from the Government of India to his communication regarding the possibility of alleviating the burden imposed on...
91. asked the Under Secretary of State for India if he has received the views of the Government of India on the question of the adjustment of pay and pensions of those officers of the Indian Army...
25. asked the Prime Minister whether he is prepared to introduce a measure similar in principle to the Rent Restrictions Act in respect of rates throughout the country; whether he will include in...
64. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if he will state the total estimated cost of the administration of the Electricity Commissioners' Department for the year ending...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary for Mines if he is aware that in the Nos. 1 and 2 pits, Parr, St. Helens, Lancashire, belonging to the Haydock Collieries, Limited, a change in the method...
Sir J. D. REES: I beg leave to ask the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs a question, of which I have given him private notice, namely, whether he has received any report, or whether...
I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, "the failure of the Government to provide adequate...
May I ask the Leader of the House what is the business for next week?
Reported, with Amendments [Title amended], from Standing Committee B.
Pilotage Provisional Orders (No. 2) Bill,
That they have agreed to
Read the Third time, and passed.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
The proviso to Sub-section (3) of Section twelve of the principal Act (which provides that such sum as the Treasury may direct, not exceeding one-tenth of the receipts of the Unemployment Fund,...
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 and 1921, all persons in the employment of any railway company or a joint committee of two or more such companies who...
Sub-section (3) of Section three of Act No. 2 of 1921 is hereby repealed, and paragraph (1) of the Second Schedule to the principal Act (which provides that Unemployment Benefit shall be payable...
"Paragraph (a) of Sub-section (2) of Section seven of the principal Act shall have effect as though the words 'five shillings' were substituted for the words 'three shillings and...
Section eight of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920 (which sets forth disqualifications for Unemployment Benefit), shall have effect as if for the words "reason of a stoppage of work which is...
(1) Where a person entitled to benefit is a married man, whose wife is living with him or is being maintained wholly or mainly by him, or being a widower or an unmarried man has residing with him...
(1) If it appears to the Minister that, haying regard to all the circumstances of the case, it is expedient in the public interest that a person, notwithstanding that by reason that he does not...
(1) The wife or husband of a person charged with an offence under the principal Act as amended by any subsequent enactment may be called as a witness either for the prosecution or defence and...
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requites,— The expression "a dependent child" means any child under the age of sixteen years who is maintained wholly or mainly at the cost of...
Read a Second time.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
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