Wednesday, 12 April 1922
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
Ossett Corporation Water Bill [Lords], Stoke-on-Trent Corporation (Gas Consolidation) Bill [Lords],
"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Land Drainage Act, 1918, relating to a drainage district in the administrative counties of the Parts of Holland and the Parts of Kesteven and the Soke of...
3. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the early possibility of an armistice between the Greek and Turkish forces in Asia Minor, the British Government have...
4. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that on 20th March Colonel Shaheen, of the Egyptian Cavalry, entered, with his men, Wadinnil School, Cairo, and went...
5. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that for four days last month One officer and four armed soldiers were posted at Madame Zaghloul's house in Cairo,...
8. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that a meeting was convened by the Egyptian delegation under the presidency of His Highness Prince Youssef Kamal for...
7. asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that representations to Egypt have been made by Sudanese to include them in the coming elections for an Egyptian...
9. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he can now say if a decision has been come to as to the date of laying down the new battleships; and whether he can give a promise...
12. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he can say why the extra increase of bonus to 75 per cent. is applied only to established men and hired men discharged from the...
14. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been drawn to the invention of a process for manufacturing a non-inflammable gas, of approximately the same lift...
15. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is satisfied that the Air Ministry have provided for the requirements of the Navy suitable machines for flying on and off the...
17. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, whether he is aware that, owing to the withdrawal of the reduced rate charges for men of the forces in uniform by the railway companies,...
19. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he can now state the date when it is proposed to commence the second distribution of prize money and the method of distribution to...
20. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that the Admiralty had decided to substitute weekly payment for monthly payment in the coastguard on 1st April, 1922;...
13. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been called to the projected airship service to Australia and the Far East; and, in view of the value of such a...
23. asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the action of the D.P. Battery Company, Bakewell, who, when discharging men from their employ, almost invariably make...
32. asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the report that the authorities of the London Hospital propose to restrict their medical teaching to men students; whether the...
Mr. L'ESTRANGE MALONE: 38. asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the recent decision in the High Court in the ease of Nye v. Davis; whether he is aware that...
Mr. GIDEON MURRAY: 42. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he cabled to the Prime Minister of Australia a few days ago accepting responsibility on behalf of His Majesty's...
45. asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that legislation is contemplated, or has been passed, in Germany which declares that where debts are owed by a company in Germany which is controlled...
46. asked the Prime Minister whether the Peace Treaty makes any provision for compensation or reparation of Allied nationals who made contracts with Germans before the War in cases where, those...
49. asked the Prime Minister whether the Boundary Commission now considering the frontier between Rumania and Hungary have received recently any fresh instructions from the Allied Governments;...
101. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can explain why parcels advised by the officers of His Majesty's Customs at Grimsby under Customs No. B28/34, 23/46, etc., on which reparation...
107. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to state the total assets realised by the liquidation and sequestration of property of German nationals in this country; the total amount of the claims...
50. asked the Prime Minister whether the reply received from the American Government to the Allied representations regarding the ex-German African colonies has been communicated to the Secretary...
51. asked the Lord Privy Seal who has been appointed as Minister of Transport?
52. asked the Lord Privy Seal what are now the duties and emoluments of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and whether, now that the Irish Free State is in existence, it is...
70. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether beneficiaries having funds in the hands of the Public Trustee in Ireland have had or will have an opportunity of transferring their...
53. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much money and what quantity of arms and ammunition have been handed over or sold by the British Government to the Irish Provisional...
61. asked the Minister of Pensions what is the total number of war pensions committee staff taken over by the Ministry in April, 1922; how many of these are ex-service and how many non-service;...
64. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he can give the average shares in the retail cost of a pint of beer which are taken respectively by the Excise, the publican, and the...
28. asked the Minister of Labour whether, owing to reductions being made in the Employment Department, the result is that there are or will be a number of senior permanent civil servants...
62. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether his Department has received any protests from South Yorkshire local authorities or manufacturing interests against the...
63. asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport whether he is aware that the London and South Western Railway Company have refused to accept an agreement entered into with...
Sir J. D. REES: 66. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether a proposal for a Greek loan is again before the Trades Facilities Committee; and whether any Government guarantee of...
71. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury when the appeal by the pension officer at Abertillery against the Local Pension Committee's decision to grant a pension to Elizabeth Rigby, No....
72. asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if, with reference to the terms and conditions of grants to voluntary hospitals as approved by His Majesty's Treasury, he will modify the...
78. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the decisions of the Referee that a number of chemicals and other articles have been improperly placed in the lists of dutiable...
82. asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that trade is being handicapped by the delays and damage caused by the examination and sampling of goods by the Customs...
104. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why, when collecting duties on commodities liable to duty, His Majesty's Customs demand duty on the casks, barrels, and other containers as well as on...
106. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can explain on what grounds His Majesty's Customs make a charge for opening packages to ascertain whether the goods are liable to duty; and on...
105. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the Post Office Authorities are now levying a fee of 6d., in addition to ordinary charges, upon every post parcel which passes...
81. asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the principal calico printers in this country cannot maintain their export trade unless they can buy high-grade dyes essential...
85. asked the Secretary for Mines if he has seen a report of the proceedings of the Abertillery Urban District Council for 27th March, 1922, in which it was stated in the Gas Committee's report...
90. asked the Secretary for Scotland if he is aware that Danish and Norwegian trawlers frequently fish in the Moray Firth, in defiance of the Order prohibiting such fishing, and that no...
91. asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government have bought, or are contemplating buying, any licensed houses in the Control Board area of the Carlisle district?
Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 96. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer approximately the amount of Income Tax, Super-tax, and Corporation Profits Tax, respectively due to be paid for the last financial...
The following question stood on the Paper in the name of Mr. GIDEON MURRAY:
Mr. G. MURRAY: 98. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the interests of trade and the formation of new business enterprises, which are essential to the maintenance and development...
100. asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any ex-service women who have received injuries in the War have been refused the right of approach to the Investigation Board set up to consider...
43. asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the recent ministerial crisis in Bagdad is now over; whether the vacant portfolios have been filled; whether the situation on the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the discontent that exists in the minds of the people in London against the rationing of milk in many parts; and if he can...
The following question stood on the Order Paper in the name of Lieut.-Colonel MURRAY: 48. To ask the Prime Minister whether he will consider the advisability of appointing a Committee to inquire...
Committee to consider of authorising (a) the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament to the Corporation of the City of Oxford of the sum of three thousand two hundred pounds, together with...
On this day four weeks, to call attention to the unsatisfactory working of the State Management of the Liquor Traffic, not only financially but socially, and to move a Resolution.—[Colonel...
On this day four weeks, to call attention to the question of Women Police, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr. G. Thorne.]
On this day four weeks, to call attention to the question of the condition of the Lancashire Cotton Trade, and the effect upon it of the Indian Import Duties, and to move a Resolution.—[Mr....
I beg to move, That leave be given to introduce a Bill to reconstitute the House of Lords. It may seem almost futile to introduce a Bill like this dealing with such a titanic question as the...
"to reconstitute the House of Lords," presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Wednesday, 3rd May, and to be printed. [Bill 93.]
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to amend the Law with respect to the supply of Electricity." [Electricity (Supply) Bill [Lords.]
Read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Wednesday, 26th April, and to be printed. [Bill 94.]
Ordered, That so much of the Lords Message as relates to the place and time of meeting of the Committee be now considered.—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
Read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
"to confirm an Agreement made between the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Limited, and the Postmaster-General for the acquisition by the Postmaster-General of a certain tube running between St....
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House, at its rising this day, do adjourn till Wednesday, 26th April."—[Colonel Leslie Wilson.]
The House, in the course of ten minutes, and in a holiday mood, has already taken the first step towards the abolition of the House of Lords. I think it may not be inappropriate if I take...
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners.
Question again proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."
2.0 P.M.
We have listened to speeches of moving eloquence and of great knowledge with regard to difficulties in the Near East, and fears have been expressed as to the possibility of massacres taking...
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