Tuesday, 11 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...
10. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in qualifying for the Territorial decoration, an officer's active service in the recent War counts more than service in peace time towards making...
11. asked the Secretary of State for War if he will give the total strength of the camelry corps in various parts of the Empire; and whether the question has been considered of modernising camel...
13. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that certain brigade majors of Territorial brigades received in writing on their appointment about two years ago a promise that they were...
14. asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the fact that the rank of G.S.O.3(E) has been abolished, he will state what pay the officers who now perform these duties are drawing?
Major BARNES: 12. asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that photographing of war graves undertaken by the War Office out of funds provided by the British Red Cross Society has now...
15. asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can state the approximate number and present disposition of the land forces and air forces operating with the Army in Ireland?
16. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to state when the Irish Indemnity Bill will be introduced; and whether the proposed Commission to inquire into...
22. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Southern Irish civil servants are at liberty to voluntarily retire without the permission of the Civil Service Committee under the...
The following question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Viscount CURZON: 24. To ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet decided to accept the invitation of the...
56. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that Income Tax which has not been assessed or in any way verified is being deducted from the pensions granted to disbanded men of...
2. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he can give any estimate of the extra expenditure that has been entailed upon the Government of India owing to the non-co-operation movement...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that the extremists in Bombay are arranging for a sedition campaign to conclude with an All-India hartal; and will he state...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will supplement the conviction expressed in the late Secretary of State's despatch to the Government of India regarding the pensions of...
46. asked the Prime Minister if he can now give the result of his inquiry into the statements contained in the letter of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, in the Press of the 7th November, 1921, exposing the...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any letter has been recently circulated by the Indian Government to all British officers in the Indian Army stating that, as two-thirds of...
Mr. DOYLE: 17. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the serious loss in the raw cotton crops in America, Egypt, and elsewhere by insect pests, what help has been rendered by...
18. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any natives of Nairobi were shot down before any hostile act against the police was made; and whether at any time a single policeman,...
21. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that it is now five months since a Return was requested of the total area of land alienated in Kenya Colony since 1914, and...
19. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if any suggestion has reached him from the Colonies with regard to the desirability of the appointments of secretaries to Colonial Governors...
20. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any further information regarding the nature and extent of the fire at Nassau, Bahamas; what is the estimated damage; whether the...
26. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can now say when the Bill will be introduced dealing with legitimation by subsequent marriage?
27. asked the Home Secretary what will be the approximate saving to local authorities, apart from the saving to the national Exchequer, if one register, instead of two, was made annually?
28. asked the Home Secretary if he is aware of the very bad accommodation that exists at the Fyfield Industrial School, near Ongar, which is under the control of the West Ham Corporation; that,...
29. asked the Home Secretary whether the sums given in column 3 in the table relating to State management of the liquor trade, published on the 28th March, 1922, amounting in the aggregate to...
30. asked the Home Secretary whether he is prepared to reconsider his decision to deport Joseph Ponorofsky, who was fined £20 for frequenting a gambling house and sentenced to one month's...
34. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he has received the Report of the Deer Forests Committee; and, if so, when will it be published?
35. asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view to popularising the trunk system and assuring the Subscribers full time allowance for conversation, he is prepared to give instructions for time...
38. asked the Postmaster-General the approximate extra cost, in addition to the cost of the ordinary daily post delivery, of the distribution of a candidate's election address, or other election...
39. asked the Post master-General whether he is aware that the printing and allied trades, which recently sent a deputation to him on the question of the adverse effect on their industry of the...
40. asked the Minister of Pensions whether he is aware that Peter Gibbons, No. 390,334, Labour Corps, served in the Connaught Rangers and in the Royal Irish Fusiliers before transference to the...
58. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has now given further consideration to the serious injustice suffered by children of deceased officers by reason of the fact that the...
Mr. MALONE: 47. asked the Prime Minister whether the Agenda for the Genoa Conference has yet been settled; and if it will be published to the House?
Mr. FOOT: 45. asked the Prime Minister whether a note has been presented to France asking for payment of the interest on the French debt to this country; if so, whether a similar note has been...
48. asked the Lord Privy Seal if, with a view to securing a practical and consistent policy of economy in the public service, the Government will consider the advisability of appointing a...
68. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether a letter has recently been addressed to Departments with regard to reduction of pay of temporary officials, other than graded clerks, at...
51. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any alterations may be anticipated in the methods of Income Tax collection, which will tend to reduce either the expenses of collection or the...
52. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received any resolutions or recommendations of British chambers of commerce, and similar institutions, with reference to the placing of...
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSON: 55. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is proposed to introduce a Revenue Bill this year?
Lieut.-Colonel J. WARD: 71. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, seeing that Circular 1245 of the Board of Education was not a decision to limit the expenditure on the education...
73. asked the President of the Board of Education the result of the further inquiry into the proposed closing of the elementary school at Chalton Horndean, Hants, which on 30th March he promised...
74. asked the President of the Board of Education whether he has now ascertained if the Somerset County Education Committee has decided to discontinue the maintenance of voluntary evening...
Sir J. D. REES: 72. asked the President of the Board of Education whether, under the scheme for the education of ex-officers, fresh applicants for assistance are still being sent to the...
60. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, as a result of recent decisions taken by the Allied Governments, any revision has been made in the sum paid into the Exchequer as against the...
61. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has received the resolution passed at the meeting of the fancy goods section of the London Chamber of Commerce, to the effect that representations...
64. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a great deal of the unrest amongst the working classes is due to falling wages and the exorbitant price of beer; and whether he...
65. asked the Secretary for Mines the quantities of coal and coke sent from this country into France, Italy, and Germany in 1913 and 1921, and the quantity of coal and coke sent from Germany in...
70. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if he can issue regulations as to the prompt conveyance by rail of perishable vegetable produce and fruit; and whether he can...
75. asked the Minister of Labour the total amount of contributions paid by the employers, the total amount paid by the workers, and the total amount paid by the State in accordance with the...
76. asked the Minister of Health if it has been brought to his notice that the foreign milk now being imported in various forms is often produced under sanitary conditions which would not be...
81. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether legislation will be introduced at an early date to deal with trusts and combines, both in the interests of the business community and of the...
Sir J. D. REES: 85. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps are being taken to induce the Greek Government to repay the sum of £30,000 owing to the Ottoman Railway...
I beg the indulgence of the House for a very short personal explanation. On Wednesday last, during the Debate on the Motion of the hon. Baronet the Member for Twickenham (Sir W. Joynson-Hicks), I...
The hon. Member for Dunfermline Burghs (Mr. Wallace) has given notice that he proposes to introduce a Bill dealing with the duration of speeches in Parliament. In my opinion, a Motion of this...
May I put two or three questions to the Leader of the House? First of all, will questions be answered to-morrow, seeing that the House meets at Eleven o'clock; secondly, what Votes does the right...
Resolved, "That this House do meet To-morrow, at Eleven of the Clock."—[Mr. Chamberlain.]
On this day three weeks, to call attention to the question of Workmen's Compensation, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. W. Smith.]
On this day three weeks, to call attention to the question of Mothers' Pensions, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. Kennedy.]
On this day three weeks, to call attention to the question of Unemployment Benefit, and to move a Resolution.—[Major Kelley.]
"to amend the Law relating to Licensing in Scotland," presented by Mr. KIDD; supported by Sir Henry Craik, Sir Watson Cheyne, Captain Elliot, Mr. Ford, Major Glyn, Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Hope,...
"to make provision for the disbandment of the Royal Irish Constabulary and with respect to magistrates appointed under the Acts relating to that Force, and for the validation of things done or...
Padiham Urban District Council Bill,
Mr. JOHN WILLIAM WILSON reported from the Chairmen's Panel: That they had appointed Mr. Hodge to act as Chairman of Standing Committee A (in respect of the Local Government and other Officers'...
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Wednesday, 26th April, and to be printed. [Bill 90.]
That they have agreed to,
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS reported from the Committee of Selection; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee A (in respect of the Local Government and other Officers'...
Sir SAMUEL ROBERTS further reported from the Committee; That they had added the following Ten Members to Standing Committee B (in respect of the Juries Bill [Lords]): Sir Frederick Banbury, Sir...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £75,250, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £1,013,480, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £1,474,950, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £473,350, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £144,800, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
I beg to move, That, in the opinion of this House, the reductions now being made in the pensions of ex-service men and dependants are unwarranted and are creating serious hardships, and that a...
Again considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £243,800, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment...
Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under Section 10 of the Gas Regulation Act, 1920, on the application of the Hessle Gas Light and Coke...
Motion made, and Question, "That the Lords Amendments be considered forthwith," put, and agreed to.—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
(1) Part II of the First Schedule to the principal Act shall have effect as though there were inserted therein after paragraph (b) the following new paragraph:— (bb) Employment as a female...
(2) Sub-section (1) of Section twenty-two of the principal Act, which provides that a person who for the purpose of obtaining benefit or for certain other purposes knowingly makes any false...
(5) This Act shall not apply to Ireland except in so far as the provisions thereof may be applied to Ireland by Order in Council made under the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act, 1922.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
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